Into the Wild (2007) Reviews
- Starring:
- Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, (more)
- Director(s):
- Sean Penn
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Drama
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79 out of 103 people found this review helpful Choose between "beautiful" and "achingly beautiful", Into the Wild falls into the latter. Adventurous, true, sad, light-hearted, real, at times very touching, this movie is gorgeous. Some of the ... Read More Choose between "beautiful" and "achingly beautiful", Into the Wild falls into the latter. Adventurous, true, sad, light-hearted, real, at times very touching, this movie is gorgeous. Some of the scenes are so beautiful that the epic over two and half hours long movie fades away into your heart. Sean Penn has done what very few directors in the world could achieve - adapting an already best-seller book, adding a new dimension to make it by far, a complete experience. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
17 out of 23 people found this review helpful I liked the story and thought it was interesting the way his journey was intertwined with his life in Alaska, the people he met I wish he had taken the advice of some of the people along the way and ... Read More I liked the story and thought it was interesting the way his journey was intertwined with his life in Alaska, the people he met I wish he had taken the advice of some of the people along the way and at least talked to his parents. Worth watching, it is very long though. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
14 out of 19 people found this review helpful The hero can be forgiven his youthful, excitement about his quest for meaning in life. My wife, who comes from Idaho, tells me people like the hero in this film, can often be seen backpacking ... Read More The hero can be forgiven his youthful, excitement about his quest for meaning in life. My wife, who comes from Idaho, tells me people like the hero in this film, can often be seen backpacking through, on Idaho highways.
The hero was too certain of his idealism. But I'll admit this. I woke up the next morning still responding to him in "Into the Wild.".... This movie will stick with me for some time. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
12 out of 16 people found this review helpful Well-executy, oddly triumphant, definitively sad true story of 24 year old Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch) who obsessively pursues a solo trek into the wilds of Alaska. Along the way he meets ... Read More Well-executy, oddly triumphant, definitively sad true story of 24 year old Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch) who obsessively pursues a solo trek into the wilds of Alaska. Along the way he meets various people in their own way still on a journey--who help him pursue his goal of stubbornly clinging to an ideal of "truth" apart from materialism offered by well-to-do, dysfunctional parents. Great combination of a nature film, societal commentary, and biography of a boy struggling to find his "self" apart from the easy path laid out for him. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
10 out of 14 people found this review helpful I did not find this to be a heart warming movie nor did I find
it depressing. Worth watching. I know it troubles several of
my friends still trying to decide what to do with there life ... Read More I did not find this to be a heart warming movie nor did I find
it depressing. Worth watching. I know it troubles several of
my friends still trying to decide what to do with there life after
college. But, if you're not in a dark place it is not too bad. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
30 out of 48 people found this review helpful This movie was well acted and beautifully filmed. However, it was twice as long as it needed to be and made an clearly apparent effort to make heroic a journey of sheer idiocy. For the last hour I ... Read More This movie was well acted and beautifully filmed. However, it was twice as long as it needed to be and made an clearly apparent effort to make heroic a journey of sheer idiocy. For the last hour I kept waiting for the naive, self centered, deluded, protagonist to meet his fateful end at the hands of the gods he taunted.
The story does have elements of Greek tragedy. But this young man was no more heroic than the typical teen runaway. He was just better educated and should have had more of a clue. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
8 out of 13 people found this review helpful This movie was brilliantly executed, in the vein of the Beat generation, and gorgeous nature films. I felt like I was visually experiencing the writing of Jack Kerouac. Emile Hirsch was right on ... Read More This movie was brilliantly executed, in the vein of the Beat generation, and gorgeous nature films. I felt like I was visually experiencing the writing of Jack Kerouac. Emile Hirsch was right on target, capturing the spirit of Supertramp. I definitely recommend this flick to the Existentialists out there. It has a beautiful message of human connection. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
23 out of 68 people found this review helpful Let me summarize. Pretentious nature nut decides to buck society, becomes a hippie and goes "Into the Wild." Get it? It then turns into a "man versus nature" story. Guess who wins? The ... Read More Let me summarize. Pretentious nature nut decides to buck society, becomes a hippie and goes "Into the Wild." Get it? It then turns into a "man versus nature" story. Guess who wins? The true-story ending made me laugh out loud. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
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