Matthew McConaughey ’s belated movie need avail . consort to earlybox office numbers , theGus Van Sant - directedSea of Trees , which open quietly on August 26 , only managed to make a meager $ 2,730 in five sidereal day . The motion-picture show never stood much of a chance – it only debuted on two Stateside screens .
Because of the hoopla behindTrees(it was flag last class as a big Palme d’Or competition at the Cannes Film Festival ) , as well as the natural endowment , this is one of the more shocking development of the year . The pic tell the story of a self-destructive prof ( McConaughey ) who gets lose in Japan ’s Aokigahara Forest –yeah , that one– where he meet another self-destructive military man ( Ken Watanabe ) . McConaughey engage with him in philosophical discussion , and then the duo stress to miss . There ’s also Naomi Watts and somefamiliar footageof a pensive McConaughey ride around in a car .
Treeshit a snag when its Cannes premiere terminate in raspberry . The motion-picture show earned an average 0.6 out of 4 stars in a festival poll parrot , afterfour critic stampedit with a big , bad ' X. ' One revue said , " This is the worst movie end of all time . " And now , Rotten Tomatoes has it at8 % , with the following consensus : " muted , maudlin , and fundamentally empty , The Sea of Treesextinguishes the donation of a gifted cast and marks a uncheerful modest point in director Gus Van Sant ’s calling . "
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The good news isTreesdidn’t havethe worstopening ever , still have bestedsuch historically low - earning big - screen ephemeraasZyzzyx Road($30 ) andThe Marsh($336 ) . " I liked the experience of making it and I ’m glad we get down the chance to introduce it to the universe , " McConaughey tell at a press conference last class . " Anyone has any right to either boo or ovate . " Is it haywire that we want to see this evenmorenow ?
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