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2011 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 6 – Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life

It has been in the works since the last 70’s, and was very close to making last year’s line-up but producers mention that the film just wasn’t quite ready, so the most anticipated film at this year’s Cannes has landed…and according to the panel, depending on who you ask, it may or may not be Terrence Malick’s greatest achievement. Here’s a partial set of grades for The Tree of Life and an equal amount of first reactions to Bonello’s L’apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close) appears to have played well to French critics but was pretty much slammed by the international critics.

Eric Lavallée

Published on May 16, 2011

It has been in the works since the last 70’s, and was very close to making last year’s line-up but producers mention that the film just wasn’t quite ready, so the most anticipated film at this year’s Cannes has landed…and according to the panel, depending on who you ask, it may or may not be Terrence Malick’s greatest achievement. Here’s a partial set of grades for The Tree of Life and an equal amount of first reactions to Bonello’s L’apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close) appears to have played well to French critics but was pretty much slammed by the international critics.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).