
Captain Smith is spared his mutinous hanging sentence after captain Newport's ship arrives in 1607 to found Jamestown, an English colony in Virginia. The initially friendly natives, who have no personal property concept, turn hostile after a 'theft' is 'punished' violently on the spot. During an armed exploration, Smith is captured, but spared when the chief's favorite daughter Pocahontas pleads for the stranger who soon becomes her lover and learns to love their naive 'savag... (Full plot summary below)
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Captain Smith is spared his mutinous hanging sentence after captain Newport's ship arrives in 1607 to found Jamestown, an English colony in Virginia. The initially friendly natives, who have no personal property concept, turn hostile after a 'theft' is 'punished' violently on the spot. During an armed exploration, Smith is captured, but spared when the chief's favorite daughter Pocahontas pleads for the stranger who soon becomes her lover and learns to love their naive 'savage' way of harmonious life. Ultimately he returns to the grim fort, which would starve hadn't she arranged for Indian generosity. Alas, each side soon brands their own lover a traitor, so she is banished and he flogged as introduction to slavish toiling. Changes turn again, leading Smith to accept a northern-more mission and anglicized Pocahontas, believing him dead, becoming the mother of aristocratic new lover John Rolfe's son. They'll meet again for a finale in England.
Leave your thoughts about The New World.
| Los Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoA work of breathtaking imagination, less a movie than a mode of transport, and in every sense a masterpiece. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonA welcome act of artistic lunacy and a messy masterpiece that deserves a life well beyond the current awards season. |
| New York Daily NewsJami BernardIn the end, it's a sweeping, important film that overturns everything you learned in school about the birth of this nation. |
| Goatdog's MoviesMichael W. Phillips, Jr.There are so many mysteries in this film, and Malick's greatest achievement was to suggest them without forcing answers on us. |
| Cinematic ReflectionsDerek SmithA melancholy revery of a time when nature provided a spiritual sustenance that could not be replaced by religious or social order. |
| NYC Film CriticEthan Alter[A] gorgeous, moving, messy and utterly unique visual poem. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleThrough elliptical and seemingly oblique methods, he [Malick] forges moments of staggering emotional power. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)Malick is a filmmaker who understands the quiet power of the image. |
| Killer Movie ReviewsAndrea Chasethe cinematic equivalent of a tone poem with an emotional impact that works on more than the conscious level. This is history that is not just seen, but felt, and absorbed into one's very soul |
| Palo Alto WeeklyJeanne AufmuthSaved by its intrepid character portrayals and an evocative sense of what-if? that pervades one of history's most enduring and storied love affairs. |