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Into the Wild (2007)

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Into The Wild is inspired by the true story of Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch), a young man who abandons his life of comfort to pursue the freedom of life on the road, a quest that leads him to the Alaskan wilderness and the ultimate challenge of his life.

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Classification:

Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over

Starring:

William Hurt, Marcia Gay Harden, Jena Malone, Catherine Keener, Emile Hirsch

Director:

Sean Penn

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Members Reviews

Reviewed by: Caitlin McKiernan

Into the Wild ... grace, power and truth.
Into the Wild is an astonishing film. Since first reading that Sean Penn was planning it, I'd been keen to see it. A story about walking your own road, challenging received wisdoms and taking risks to live authentically seemed to have found the perfect director and screenwriter. Penn's enormous talent for depth, grace and truth just keep going from strength to strength. This true story is extremely moving. Easily the best film I've seen this year, by a mile. It's beautiful in many ways. The way the landscape is cherished and photographed brings Brokeback Mountain to mind. The characters are written astutely but gently with grace and compassion and perfectly cast. The music is just gorgeous. The brother/sister relationship is handled with a very light touch, honouring what was clearly a strong bond between two allies coping with some harsh truths. Towards the end, during the quietly affecting scenes with Hal Holbrook, it struck me that Into the Wild makes a good companion piece for David Lynch's The Straight Story. Into the Wild is clearly one of those films that is worth seeing several times. Magnificent.

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Reviewed by: Tim from London

Nauseating
I was very disappointed with this (very long and plodding)film about a young gifted boy who breaks all ties with his family to venture into Alaska. This is not however a journey to 'find himself' - as this 23 year old is completelly self-aware and able to pass on his knowledge and wisdom to all the grown ups he meets on his way. As you can probably tell, I felt that the film fell into the trap of idealising the boy and his motives. Yes, we are shown some of the consequences of his actions on his parents - but we are firmly told that they are bad people who probably deserved it. This is not helped by a tedious voice over - full of cliches dressed up as art. The film clearly saw Christopher as being 'a symbol of countless young people' - I thought it presented a very good argument in favour of national service!

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Genres:

Action & Adventure
Drama

Run Time:
142 Minutes

Subtitles:

Danish
English
English Hard of Hearing
Finnish

Norwegian
Swedish

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

BFI Classification:
Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over

Release Date:
10/03/2008

Production Year:
2007

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.40:1

Colour:
Colour