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Wild

2014

Jean-Marc Vallée

Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Gaby Hoffmann, Michiel Huisman ...

6.5

13,993

Drama. Adventure In the 90s, with the dissolution of her marriage and the death of her mother, Cheryl Strayed has lost all hope. After years of reckless, destructive behavior, she makes a rash decision. With absolutely no experience, driven only by sheer determination, Cheryl hikes more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, alone.

	Media	Author	Review
		Stephen Farber The Hollywood Reporter	"Two superb performances anchor this finely crafted adventure."
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Under the keen-eyed direction of Jean-Marc Vallée, Wild emerges as an exciting, elemental adventure that takes you places you don't see coming (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"
		A. O. Scott The New York Times	"What makes its heroine worth caring about - what makes her a rare and exciting presence in present-day American film - is not that she's tidy or sensible or even especially nice. It's that she's free."
		Justin Chang Variety	"Reese Witherspoon delivers her finest performance in years in Jean-Marc Vallee's ruggedly beautiful follow-up to 'Dallas Buyers Club'."
		Claudia Puig USA Today	"Witherspoon is terrific (...) The film is more abstract than the book but retains its spirit (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"
		Eric Kohn IndieWire	"It comes as no surprise that the movie version (...) hits plenty of poignant notes. But despite the powerful elements of Strayed's real-life experiences, 'Wild' goes out of its way to overstate the built-in sentimentalism."
		Tim Robey Telegraph	"It's an entrancingly lush visual experience, but one which also captures something of the loneliness, the fatigue, and the bleary, squinting alienation that travel can inflict. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"
		Henry Barnes The Guardian	"The premise sounds corny, but Vallée, in collaboration with screenwriter Nick Hornby, gives the film its energy by pulling the narrative apart. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"
		Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"A generally strong and impressive picture (...) Witherspoon and Dern are reason enough to see it (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"
		Lou Lumenick New York Post	"Reese Witherspoon delivers her best performance since she won the Best Actress Oscar for 'Walk the Line' a decade ago."
		Joe Morgenstern The Wall Street Journal	"Ms. Witherspoon carries the whole movie. And she does so with unflagging intensity and remarkable verve"
		Rex Reed The New York Observer	"One of the year's most galvanizing cinematic experiences (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)"
		Tina Jordan Entertainment Weekly	"Vallée has taken a contemplative book where, frankly, very little happens and transformed it into a gut-punching drama."

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