Read Roger Ebert's final movie review

In his last piece of film criticism, the late icon tackles Terrence Malick's To The Wonder

Ben Affleck and Rachel McAdams in "To The Wonder."
(Image credit: Magnolia Pictures)

Last week, legendary Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert died at age 70 — but not before writing and filing one final, appropriately philosophical piece of film criticism for his many fans to consume. On Saturday, the Chicago Sun-Times published what turned out to be Ebert's last film review, for Terrence Malick's dreamlike spiritual drama To The Wonder.

To The Wonder, which stars Ben Affleck as a man torn between two women (Rachel McAdams and Olga Kurylenko), has been far more polarizing than director Terrence Malick's previous film, the Oscar-nominated The Tree of Life. So far, To The Wonder has earned just 42 percent positive reviews on aggregator Rotten Tomatoes — but Ebert bolstered the film with an extremely laudatory review, awarding it three and a half out of four stars. Here's an excerpt:

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Scott Meslow

Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.