Into the Wild

4.00
    Into the Wild
    2007

    Synopsis

    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.

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    Cast

    • Emile HirschChristopher McCandless / Alexander Supertramp
    • Marcia Gay HardenBillie McCandless
    • William HurtWalt McCandless
    • Jena MaloneCarine McCandless / Additional Narration (voice)
    • Brian H. DierkerRainey
    • Catherine KeenerJan Burres
    • Vince VaughnWayne Westerberg
    • Kristen StewartTracy Tatro
    • Hal HolbrookRonald "Ron" Franz
    • Thure LindhardtMads

    Recommendations

    • 91

      Entertainment Weekly

      The beauty of Into the Wild, which Penn has written and directed with magnificent precision and imaginative grace, is that what Christopher is running from is never as important as what he's running TO.
    • 91

      The A.V. Club

      There's a bittersweet quality to McCandless' story that Penn captures intuitively.
    • 90

      Village Voice

      To these eyes, Into the Wild is an unusually soulful and poetic movie that crystallizes McCandless in all his glittering enigma, and allows us to decide for ourselves whether he was the spiritual son of Thoreau, Tolstoy, and John Muir, or the boy most likely to become Theodore Kaczynski.
    • 88

      ReelViews

      Into the Wild is a beautifully made motion picture and some of the segments (especially those with Hal Holbrook and those that transpire around "the magic bus" in Alaska) are powerful.
    • 88

      Rolling Stone

      Penn, in tandem with the superb cinematographer Eric Gautier (The Motorcycle Diaries), captures the majesty and terror of the wilderness in ways that make you catch your breath.
    • 80

      The New York Times

      Though the film’s structure may be tragic, its spirit is anything but.
    • 80

      Wall Street Journal

      From seductive start to shattering finish, the film is as stirring, entertaining and steadfastly thrilling as it is beautiful.
    • 75

      Christian Science Monitor

      Penn has a real feeling for the stray moments in life that suddenly rush up and overwhelm us with emotion. He also has an eye for beauty in the wilds, of which this film has many. And he's very good with actors. What he lacks is a sharper eye for the wooziness of romanticism, and that wooziness, despite some truly breathtaking moments, infuses Into the Wild.

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