The Tree of Life

2011 · 139 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 187,370 VOTES · DIR. Terrence Malick

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Overview

The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.

Dialogue Timeline — 477 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:44 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
00:04:04 I will be true to you.
00:08:54 I don't want it to.
00:13:30 Kind.
00:18:04 How did she bare it?
00:36:41 Believed in you.
00:47:31 That's where God lives.
00:51:39 You know this.
00:58:07 Help me not to tell lies.
01:01:18 Job imagined he might build his nest on high.
01:02:28 Nothing can bring us peace but that.
01:04:09 They never talk about their money.
01:06:15 Give me something, show me what you got.
01:09:54 The next word is socket.
01:16:04 Of course he inherited it.
01:20:06 Lies.
01:22:41 Stop it!
01:29:03 Did it go to the moon?
01:38:34 You tired? No. I never get tired.
01:42:23 The entire bathroom was stainless steel. Even the wash basin.
01:43:48 You'd like to kill me.
01:52:11 But I'll say it was you.
01:55:59 Make you strong and, grow up and be your own boss.
02:11:00 I give you my son.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed477
Dialogue density3.4 lines / min
First line00:00:44
Final line02:11:00

Production Record

DirectorTerrence Malick
LanguageEnglish
Budget$32,000,000
Revenue$54,700,000
IMDb votes187,370