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Wildlike

2015 · 1h 44m · NOT RATED Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Directed by Frank Hall Green

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Overview

Fourteen-year-old Mackenzie is sent to live with her uncle in Juneau when her mother can’t care for her anymore. The living situation quickly takes a turn for the worse, and she runs away to rejoin her mother in Seattle. While on her dangerous journey of sleeping in cars and breaking into hotel rooms, she’s drawn to Rene, a lonesome backpacker looking for tranquility in the wilderness.

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Fresh

An uncommon and deeply sensitive take on this type of story.

Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times
Fresh

The "Wildlike" landscapes are exhilarating, but when the film works, it's because of the interiors.

Daniel M. Gold, New York Times
Fresh

Green explores an atypical relationship between a solitary, 50-something man who finds that a vulnerable but determined kid has attached herself to him, no matter what, as he sets off into the wild.

Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
Fresh

Frank Hall Green, directing his own script, maintains a poker-faced perspective, offering no hints as to where the story might lead and allowing scenes to unfold casually.

Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
Fresh

Green has deeper ambitions, eschewing procedural survival-in-the-wilderness material for a strong focus on character.

Sherilyn Connelly, Village Voice

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