Synopsis
In the not too distant future, two young women who live in a remote ancient forest discover the world around them is on the brink of an apocalypse. Informed only by rumor, they fight intruders, disease, loneliness & starvation.
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Cast
- Elliot PageNell
- Evan Rachel WoodEva
- Max MinghellaEli
- Callum Keith RennieRobert
- Michael EklundStan
- Wendy CrewsonMom
- Ronin CaraBaby
- Owen CaraBaby
- Crystal PiteRuby
- Lorne CardinalJerry
Recommendations
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The Hollywood Reporter
Beautiful and sensitive to character but gripping when it needs to be. - 75
The Playlist
The film’s depiction of societal breakdown remains firmly planted in the realm of real human emotion, testing the resolve of two young women and unearthing awe-inspiring reserves of strength and tenderness in the process. - 75
Observer
In the hands of these two talented and well-matched actors, Into the Forest proves that this bond is powerful enough to sustain us. - 75
New York Post
Wood and Page generate a believable, prickly sibling closeness in Rozema’s unhurried but harrowing micro-portrait of how easily civilization could crumble. - 70
Screen Daily
It’s an inspiring story, acted with heart and grit by Paige and Wood, and film directed with adroitness by Rozema in a ruin of a set in the woods. - 58
Consequence
At its core, it’s a simple and triumphant tale of sisterhood, but with so much ladled on top of it it begins to feel as though it’s grasping for a grandeur it doesn’t need. Sometimes, even the most intense emotions can benefit from a light touch. - 58
The A.V. Club
Indeed, there are stretches of Into The Forest during which one could momentarily forget that it’s a survivalist tale at all… or even that it’s taking place in the middle of nowhere, for that matter. The essential becomes irrelevant. - 50
Variety
Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood are both superb in the lead roles, but Rozema’s emphasis on the primacy of family and nature exposes a deficit of visual and narrative imagination.
