A Walk in the Woods

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A Walk in the Woods

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2015

1h 44m

Comedy

Adventure

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Travel writer Bill Bryson (Robert Redford) takes a long-lost old friend (Nick Nolte) for a hike along the Appalachian Trail, which stretches more than 2,000 miles from Georgia to Maine.

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Critics Consensus

Amiable yet less compelling than any road trip movie starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte should be, A Walk in the Woods is ultimately a bit too pedestrian.

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Max Weiss

Baltimore Magazine

Jun 12, 2016

2.5/4

Darned if the film didn't ultimately work for me. Mostly, it was the fun of seeing these two veteran actors riff off each other.

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John Anderson

America Magazine

Sep 22, 2015

It's not heavy; it's not wildly significant. But A Walk in the Woods has a redemptive tone, a gentle lesson about aging and limitations and never giving up despite any required climb, uphill or otherwise.

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

Sep 20, 2015

3/5

There are a few chuckles along the way, but only the scenery has any real depth.

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Matt Oakes

Silver Screen Riot

Oct 14, 2026

C-

Unabashedly sentimental and overtly geared towards the elderly folks in the audience, the overly tender Kwapis filters his comic sensibility through an aggressively broad strainer.

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Hosea Rupprecht

Pauline Media Studies

Sep 13, 2021

Profound is definitely not a word that can be associated with A Walk in the Woods.

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Feb 3, 2021

3/5

Won't ever be mentioned in the same breath as any of Redford or Nolte's classic films - it's too silly and too obvious - but watching these two charismatic actors onscreen it's not hard to remember what we liked about them in the first place.

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Locus P

@Locus Oct 3, 2026

The scenery is nice. The movie is rubbish. As for the men, Redford is prone to making "sometimes a man..." types of speeches and about geology - just standing there and talking in his friend's face. The other man is continually sexist, sayin that a middle-aged black woman is cute but on the other hand, all his only criteria for a woman is that she is breathing. Another time, he sleeps with a middle-aged woman from a laundrette and says only two men in the world would sleep with her, which is him and her husband. In their world, women are either annoying or love interests, and for some inexpicable reason, women are after them on the trail. Who wrote this? How did it get made?

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Ann J

@MovieAJ Sep 30, 2026

I can’t get over Redford married to Emma Thompson who could have been his daughter and the fact that they were at least 20 to 30 years older than Bryson when he did it. The book was absolutely hysterical but I am 2/3 through and haven’t laughed yet….nice try but, no.

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Rebecca D

@Rdsfo Apr 26, 2026

Home sick in bed and decided to watch this for free on Kanopy.com. It was the perfect remedy for me - a lighthearted, humorous adventure starring two great American actors: Redford & Nolte. If you’re not looking for high anxiety, high energy/volume, then this is for you. The scenery’s not bad either 😁

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Steven K.

@RT71892128 Mar 14, 2026

Not the best work of either actor. There are plot holes aplenty and scenes that seem forced.

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TravisPlayz T

@MrCritic Dec 31, 2025

I absolutely loved this movie, Very funny, the characters were memorable, and it's such a unique concept for a movie. Never really understood the hate for the movie according to the rotten tomatoes score.

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Carrie M

@CarrienCrispin Dec 10, 2025

Considering the historically brilliant actors in the cast, and the possibility of a beautiful story in amazing settings, this film was surprisingly awful. I kept watching thinking it was going to get better. It had to get better. Then it ended. Badly. I have no experience in filmmaking, but I’m sure I could’ve directed it better myself.

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Synopsis

Travel writer Bill Bryson (Robert Redford) takes a long-lost old friend (Nick Nolte) for a hike along the Appalachian Trail, which stretches more than 2,000 miles from Georgia to Maine.

Director: Ken Kwapis
Producer: Robert Redford, Bill Holderman, Chip Diggins
Screenwriter: Rick Kerb, Bill Holderman
Distributor: Broad Green Pictures
Production Co: Wildwood Enterprises, Route One Entertainment
Rating: R (Some Sexual References|Language)
Genre: Comedy, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 2, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 11, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $29.5M
Runtime: 1h 44m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital

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