Fresh
As [Hirsch] struggles with the elements, his increasing frailty and the cinematography's increasing grandeur mesh in a way that's at once iconic and wrenching.
Bob Mondello, NPR.org
Into the Wild
Into the heart. Into the soul.
2007 · 2h 28m · R
Adventure, Drama
Directed by
Sean Penn
Overview
After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
Director and cast
- Sean Penn Director
- Emile Hirsch as Christopher McCandless
- Marcia Gay Harden as Billie McCandless
- William Hurt as Walt McCandless
- Jena Malone as Carine McCandless
- Brian H. Dierker as Rainey
- Catherine Keener as Jan Burres
- Vince Vaughn as Wayne Westerberg
- Kristen Stewart as Tracy
- Hal Holbrook Cast
- Thure Lindhardt Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
83%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The photography is of the sort you'd find in any half decent nature documentary, with cloying emphasis placed firmly (and sometimes clumsily) on the idea that our neglectful, selfish and not to mention rampantly capitalist ways are destroying the planet.
David Jenkins, Time Out
Rotten
Hirsch, who carries the film on his increasingly emaciated shoulders, performs heroically, but there's an edge missing.
David Ansen, Newsweek
Rotten
The movie tries its hardest to celebrate the impetuousness of its hero and the exhilaration of his accomplishments. Mostly, though, it just reminds you of the severity of his mistakes.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Fresh
Without diminishing the deep transcendentalist yearnings of its young hero, Into the Wild builds to a climax of profound human connectedness, profound human pain.
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
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