![]() ![]() ![]() Gus Van Sant’s . Mc. Conaughey plays an American who travels to Japan’s “suicide forest” after the death of his wife. Variety critic Scott Foundas tweeted that the film was “one for nobody,” while others in the auditorium also noted the widespread boos from the Palais audience. A Cannes favorite, Van Sant won the Palme d’Or in 2. Elephant.” His film “Restless,” starring Mia Wasikowska, showed in Un Certain Regard in 2. The mystery was acquired by Roadside Attractions for the U. Matthew Mc. Conaughey's The Sea of Trees Booed at Cannes Film Festival. The Mc. Connaissance has been marred! Matthew Mc. Conaughey’s new drama, The Sea of Trees, was screened to a chorus of boos during two press showings May 1. Cannes Film Festival in France. PHOTOS: Matthew's hottest shirtless moments There was also a smattering of laughter at the latter screening. And let’s just say, How to Lose a Guy in 1. Days Part Deux, this isn’t. The Sea of Trees (2015) Where To Watch. The Sea of Trees is a movie about guilt and grief that elicits just that in its viewers: guilt and grief. 16 May, 2015 . Gus Van Sant. 2015, 110 mins. Sea of Trees begins with an unshaven. Heard my first Cannes 2015 boos following Gus Van Sant's SEA OF. EW.com may receive a percentage. Watch The Sea of Trees 2015 With Subtitles Link 1; Note: If. The.Sea.of.Trees.2015.720p.WEB-DL.2CH.x265.HEVC-PSA The.Sea.of.Trees.2015.LIMITED.720p.BrRip.2CH.x265.HEVC-PSA The.Sea.of.Trees.2015. The actor, no surprise, is taking the reaction in stride. But it’s not a total debacle. ![]() PHOTOS: Cannes 2. The Oscar winner — and just to confirm, the Academy can never take that trophy away from him — is a scientist grieving his dead wife, played by Naomi Watts. In deep emotional pain, he travels to a beautiful and remote “suicide forest” in Tokyo where he plans on killing himself. But in the middle of the act, he spots an injured local (Ken Watanabe) staggering through the terrain, searching for a way out. He instinctively decides to help this stranger and, along the journey, discovers a new will to live. ![]() Variety critic Scott Foundas tweeted that the film was. ![]() ![]() On that premise alone, the project is worthy. Especially if you have a weakness for redemption stories and lush greenery. PHOTOS: Celebrity audience reactions. The film, directed by Gus Van Sant, starts to go horribly askew in flashback sequences to Mc. ![]() Conaughey and Watts’ marriage. These aren’t portraits of an endearingly loving couple that shares any sort of physical or emotional intimacy. Or even a laugh together, for that matter. They bicker over whether he can find her lipstick in the glove compartment of the car en route to a dinner. She’s an alcoholic. He cheated on her. She’s unsupportive of his career. He’s smart because he wears glasses and a trench coat. They yell at each other with dialogue that’s overwrought as much as it is cruel. Somebody kill them both, please. Now. PHOTOS: Best and worst movie remakes (Watts does indeed bite it. But in an inconceivably ludicrous manner. The absurdity continues at the funeral, where Mc. Conaughey solemnly declares, “I didn’t even know her favorite color.” Um, because that’s the mark of a solid marriage?)Mc. Conaughey’s travails in the forest are a bit more tolerable, if only by default. As the two partners wander around, they bare their souls. Maybe Van Sant intended for these confessions to be tear- jerking and profound, but they come off as contrived sentiments. There might as well be a flashing sign on the screen that reads “There are no easy exits in the winding trail of life!”Oh well. The actor will recover this meditative misfire. So will the erudite moviegoers at Cannes. Last I checked, the sun is still shining over the Mediterranean Sea in the south of France. Want stories like these delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter!
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