That was an excellent one.

How sad is this?

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

This is a beautiful film shot in beautiful locations. Dialogue may seem dull and droll to the critics but it is pensive and just enough. It has you questioning what is the main character thinking initially but all flows together seemlessly through time. I love the occasional film that is as thoughtful and wonderfully produced and acted as this. I highly recommend The Sea of Trees.

Arthur Brennan (Matthew McConaughey) travels to the Aokigahara forest in Japan where people go to commit suicide. There, he encounters Takumi Nakamura (Ken Watanabe). The movie also shows his troubled marriage to Joan Brennan (Naomi Watts).Director Gus Van Sant delivers a ponderous journey of self-discovery. Neither timeline is that compelling. The troubled marriage lacks energy which ends in a silly surprise reveal. The walk in the forest is only that while the audience waits for the inevitable reveal. This felt much longer than its running time.

I thought it was great. At first I thought it was going to be very depressing. Kept at it and it really spoke to me. Didn't like the alcoholic part too much, thought was unnecessary. After it was over, it made me go make a list to ask my husband and grown kids questions e.g. favorite color, season, book, and many other questions. Nice thought provoking and redemption story.

I don't understand why the low score for this film. This is one of those films that touched, moved and inspired me. It was recommended by a priest at a memorial for a man who passed away at 83. The priest spoke of marriage, as the departed left behind his wife of fifty plus years. The message was to recognize in ourselves any way in which we lose ourselves and begin to kill off the love and joy between ourselves and our family members, and particularly, our spouse.I was immediately engrossed in the story. I saw pieces of myself in both McConaughey's and Watt's characters. The story deals with love, hope, being lost, getting stuck in anger and resentment, on compassion, redemption, and renewal.It is an edifying story that will resonate in my mind for a long time. It serves as a parable. It is spiritual as well as gripping and suspenseful.