Into the Wild (2007)
83 %
Reviews Counted: 166 Fresh: 138 Rotten:28 Average Rating: 7.5/10
Consensus:
With his sturdy cast and confident direction, Sean Penn has turned a complex work of non-fiction like Into the Wild into an accessible and poignant character study.
Runtime: 2 hrs 28 mins
Theatrical Release: Sep 21, 2007 Limited
Box Office: $18,173,360
Synopsis: Jon Krakauer's bestselling nonfiction book about the life of Chris McCandless is finally brought to the big screen in INTO THE WILD. Directed by Sean Penn, the film opens in 1992, when Chris (Emile Hirsh) is a promising college graduate. Shortly after graduation, Chris gives his life savings... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Jena Malone, Catherine Keener
Director: Sean Penn
Screenwriter: Sean Penn
Producer: Sean Penn, Art Linson, Bill Pohlad
Composer: Michael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Vedder
Screenwriter: Sean Penn
Producer: Sean Penn, Art Linson, Bill Pohlad
Composer: Michael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Vedder
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Hirsch may be the talk of Into the Wild, but Penn should be commended for putting together such a strong cast.
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07/23/08
Perhaps destined to follow the same emotional arc as the true story it portrays, the film starts with great promise, passion, and inspiration only to quietly wane.
07/16/08
A tale of life needlessly lost by a young man who realizes too late that reckless self-reliance is not necessarily the path to self-awareness. That he fails to realize this sooner is tragic; that the film celebrates the misunderstanding is bewildering.
04/10/08
Sean Penn deserves huge credit for the gentle hand he has used in telling this incredible story.
03/19/08
Into the Wild is a film to meditate on. It's long, it's not particularly fast moving but it struck me in a carnal fashion.
03/18/08
Thoroughly entertaining Hollywood fare which holds up a dope as a person deserving of admiration.
02/29/08
Christopher learns too late that one must love and fear nature in equal measure and that happiness is meaningless without someone with whom to share it.
02/28/08
Encaixa-se perfeitamente na filmografia de Sean Penn, que, como diretor, parece se especializar em histórias tristes e desesperançosas que buscam investigar a natureza humana através do que ela tem de mais angustiante.
02/23/08
Chris' relationship with the machine of expectations and responsibilities is tried by Keener and Holbrook in particular, but he sticks to his guns and leaves a wake of bittersweet gaps behind him."
02/16/08
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02/01/08
It is an excellent, first-rate account of a story that, depending on your perspective, did or didn't end so well for Christopher Johnson McCandless (a terrific Emile Hirsch).
12/19/07
The engrossing true-life drama of an idealistic young man who yearns to live alone in the Alaskan wilderness and to reap the soulful benefits of solitude in the spirit of Thoreau.
12/15/07
While it does lag in some areas, it's truly an entertaining, utterly fascinating, and fantastic epic...
11/29/07
Powerful study of a young man who killed himself in search of spiritual purity.
11/27/07
The role of the rebellious adventurer intent on doing things his own way is the kind of role Sean Penn might have taken on himself twenty five years ago, but Penn makes his mark this time as screenwriter and director
11/22/07
While the viewer may sympathise with McCandless's saintly rejection of materialism and his pursuit of eternal truths in a mapped-out world, there's little irony in the film, and the deluded Chris never actually helps anyone else.
11/17/07
No wonder the book on which this is based is a best-seller. "Into the Wild" takes a riveting docu-drama approach to the life of real-life Chris McCandless (Emile Hirsch, "Alpha Dog") and his doomed trek away from all the comforts and safety of society.
11/13/07
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