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May 04, 2016breemu rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
What a mish-mash. It starts with the grief of some family members over the death of one of them, then there's quite a variety of some pretty great imagery set to music (some of it straight from the Hubble Space Telescope - with colour added - some of it the sort of thing you'd see on any number of great nature documentaries, rounded out with some rather random computer generated imagery), followed by quite a well done story (with very little dialogue) of that same family in its early years, interrupted occasionally with a random scene of one of the now grown up "kids", and ending with a really obtuse beach scene with a lot of people never seen before all wandering around in some weird dream sequence? imaginary heaven? dead people depiction? with the young and still fully intact family in attendance.. It was all pretty "interesting" but just ok. And yes, I'm sure there was supposed to be a "deeper" meaning behind it all, but what that is exactly is very likely up to each individual to decide, and open to endless debate. It was a huge surprise though when the credits rolled at the end and the casting order was Brad Pitt, Sean Pean, and Jessica Claustian - in that order - when Sean Penn had pretty much a bit part and Jessica Claustian was at least as predominant as Brad Pitt throughout the film, if not more. A blatant example of sexism in the oft-accused world of Hollywood? Even with the much touted Brad Pitt at the helm? Or is everyone in Hollywood just that afraid of Sean Penn...