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Margaret 1d Gorgeous movie full of symbolism and striking imagery. The cast/acting is exceptional as is the writing and music. The one tiny beef I have is the sound editing and how the plant sound effects (showing their sped up growth) was too much - same sounds but quieter would have been more effective imo. But that's nitpicking, and no reason to skip this film. It's about life and what it means to be alive, and it's brilliant. See it! See more Melissa May 17 A movie with a grand theory about what unites us to the world around us. I dont think it really delivers on that theory and they kind of just stay theoretical. See more mohammad rezaa N @RT85889734 1d I’ve warned myself a hundred times not to watch European films anymore (except British and Danish ones), and yet I made the same mistake again. This is a two-and-a-half-hour German movie about a tree that three generations have emotional memories with, while a Chinese university professor tries to prove that the tree has feelings and can communicate with humans — apparently without anyone smoking glass beforehand. The film shows people climbing the tree for years, throwing up on it, having sex next to it, and so on. The professor even strips completely naked at one point because he believes the tree is female. European cinema is completely lost — especially French cinema, which has become obsessed with woke ideology, anti-cinema nonsense, and what they proudly call "breaking structures." I watched this on fast-forward and kept skipping scenes. Managed to reduce the suffering to about one hour. See more Roy J 5d Was not expecting this movie to be entirely about studying plants. Yet, I found this 2.5hr movie so compelling. It takes and incredible director, editor, and composer to hold my attention for such a unique film. One of the best of the year! See more danelectro T @danelectro May 24 A cinematic masterpiece about a sentience greater than we may imagine among plants, and the attempts by scientists in three periods, fifty years apart, to understand just how responsive they may be using tools that can only scratch the surface. I imagined, while watching, that these scientists, while conducting an admirable practice, have no other means to experience our fellow plants as family members the way those who lived in a more integrated culture would have. These investigators, who can only come to their subject's study as outsiders, fight social limitations to gain insights that seem to them understandably exciting but remain limited. The film's photography is stupendous, like a dream of rich color, and the mostly electronic soundtrack suggests well the chanting hum of the plants' inner lives. Easily one of the best films of 2026. Though there are real stories here, beautifully acted, expect a slow experience like listening to great music, or observing the lives of plants. See more Bob May 24 Probably the worst movie I have seen in several years. No beginning, no end, does it make sense. Everybody walked out of the movie saying what was that all about. What a waste of time and money. Hey, do critics have critics because they read this a 96%. I think it should be more like 9.6%. This movie gave Indie Movies a bad name. See more Read all reviews

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