The Tree of Blood

"The Tree of Blood" is always lovely to look at, but, at times, it's like wandering into somebody else's family reunion, where strangers are arguing intensely about people you've never met.

A movie so categorically awful that I actually recommend you watch it, if only so someone could confirm that I didn't hallucinate this thing.

Different characters' different love stories come together and complement each other. [Full review in Spanish]

The nature of the script demanded focus as well as a taut, responsive execution, something that Medem was unable to enforce.

This is only for fans of Medem. [Full Review in Spanish]

The Tree Of Blood is 138 minutes long, but doesn't drag. As involved as you'll get in the story, though, it takes a bit of mental energy to put all the pieces together.

Story of three generations has sex, murder, drug use.

The footage is in fact full of leitmotifs, already present in [director Julio] Medem's previous films... but here they are not so well linked to the main plot. [Full review in Spanish]

Medem closes a tentative stage, in search of a reformulation of himself that he did not find, to propose the bold declaration of principles of those who are willing to go beyond the excess of Caótica Ana. [Full Review in Spanish]

Medem marks a triple mortal jump without a net and builds an ambitious movie that's kaleidoscopic and delirious. [Full Review in Spanish]