Grade: A- | Genre: Adventure/Drama
Summary: Another artistic feast by writer/director Terrance Malick, who delivers a visually lush, hypnotic film, that opens "new worlds" to John Smith, Pocahontas, and the audience (if they let it.) Why the warning light? This flick might not suit your taste.

Writer/director Terrence Malick has only released four films of note in his career, and while taking his sweet time in making each of them, he has created his own unmistakable style in the process. His films are almost meditations with plots, and The New World is no exception. Malick uses the same techniques and modes of operation for each of these movies, and this makes him one of the few directors around anymore whom not only have cult-like devotees, but you could recognize his movies even if the director's name was never in the credits. Do not count on a hard and fast plot for The New World, or intense dialogue between the characters, and the use of CGI to bombard you, but instead open yourself up for a different kind of film. Malick uses his take on the Pocahontas myth to create a movie about innocence, love and loss, and the miracle of experiencing new places and new ways of life.