Genre: Adventure, Romance, Drama, True Story
Tagline: Once discovered, it was changed forever
Plot: In the early years of the 17th century, North America is much as it has been for the previous five thousand years—a vast land of seemingly endless primeval wilderness populated by an intricate network of tribal cultures. Although these nations live in graceful harmony with their environment, their relations with each other are a bit more uneasy. All it will take to upset the balance is an intrusion from the outside.On a spring day in April of 1607, three diminutive ships bearing 103 men sail into this world from their unimaginably distant home, the island kingdom of England, three thousand miles to the east across a vast ocean. On behalf of their sponsor, the royally chartered Virginia Company, they are seeking to establish a cultural, religious, and economic foothold on the coast of what they regard as the New World. The lead ship of the tiny flotilla is called the Susan Constant. Shackled below decks is a rebellious 27-year-old named John Smith (COLIN FARRELL), sentenced to be hanged for insubordination. A veteran of countless European wars, Smith is a soldier of fortune…though fortune has often turned its back on him. Still, he is too talented and popular to have his neck stretched by his own people, and so he is freed by Captain Christopher Newport (CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER)
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 If you're in the mood for something reflective and visually sumptuous, this movie will have you enraptured before the 30 minute mark. If you're less patient, you'll be squirming in your seat. The New World is beautiful and lyrical and, except for the ill-advised voiceovers, a treat for more than one of the senses. And it tells stories about characters in situations worth caring about. It's a worthy effort, and recommended viewing for those who have interest.  --James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
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Almost Famous, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Vanilla Sky |
 | Ben Chaplin
The Thin Red Line, The Remains of the Day, Murder by Numbers |
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Given ethereal life by James Horner’s vital score (which also utilizes Wagner’s “Das Rheingold”), “New World” might take its sweet time to get where it’s going, but the point of the film and Malick in general is the journey, not the destination, and the path chosen by the filmmaker here is astounding in its detail and tragic exquisiteness.  --Brian Orndorf (eFilmCritic.com)
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