'The Tree of Life'

OK, bear with us here. The 1941 winner "How Green Was My Valley" fits if you stretch your mind a little. Both stories are told from the point of view of grown men looking back on their difficult childhoods. Both have been raised by a stern father and gentle mother, and both confront issues of faith in their lives. Big questions are pondered in small moments. Just substitute coal mines for dinosaurs.

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OK, bear with us here. The 1941 winner "How Green Was My Valley" fits if you stretch your mind a little. Both stories are told from the point of view of grown men looking back on their difficult childhoods. Both have been raised by a stern father and gentle mother, and both confront issues of faith in their lives. Big questions are pondered in small moments. Just substitute coal mines for dinosaurs.

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