Knight of Cups

...this turns out to be a film that teaches you how to watch it.

Malick makes movies that play like no one’s but his own, and that’s partially because his influences often seem anything but cinematic, stretching as they do to literature, classical music, painting, history, and anthropology.

Filmen er æstetisk ren i den forstand, at den ikke er spoleret af en eneste fejl. Alt er perfekt...

Knight of Cups har så skæv, spirituel og patosladet historie, at den nærmest inviterer til latterliggørelse – men det har den ikke fortjent.

...även om ett klassiskt narrativ kan skönjas i bakgrunden landar Knight of Cups någonstans mellan konstfilm och konventionellt drama.