Wild (2014)
In 1995, Cheryl Strayed decides to hike more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail alone as a way to heal herself following the dissolution of her marriage and the death of her mother. The film presents a multi-linear narrative, presenting events from Cheryl hike in chronological order, with frequent flashbacks to earlier points in her life, featuring her (as a child, teenager, and young adult), her mother and brother, her former husband, and other people she has known.
7 June 1976, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
6 July 1969, Waukegan, Illinois, USA
13 August 1981, Santa Cruz, California, USA
19 September 1948, Portland, Oregon, USA
5 November 1968, Greenville, Mississippi, USA
10 February 1967, Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
1 July 1947
7 September 1963, Murray, Kentucky, USA
12 February 1945, Los Angeles, California, USA
12 April 1962, Los Angeles, California, USA
4 July 1964, Brooklyn, New York, USA
8 January 1982, New York City, New York, USA
5 January 1938, Toledo, Ohio, USA
21 September 1980, Olympia, Washington, USA
27 February 1971, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
August 10, 2016
Vallée's film is all about Reese, who's in every scene and visibly loses weight as her trek continues. What a wonderful performance.
January 05, 2015
There's neither cinematic majesty to the vistas (and I saw the movie on a very big screen and sat very close to it) nor intimacy to the ground that Strayed treads.
December 18, 2014
What do you do when your heroine is tough but emotionally hurt, bright but glib, grown but immature? Make a film about her that is both painful and uplifting.
July 14, 2016
Reese Witherspoon makes a strong case for the best actress Oscar.
May 11, 2017
Despite all of its faults, Wild engaged me on a purely emotional level [...] I truly believe its heart is in the right place. When it connects emotionally, the tears you will shed are well-earned.
October 14, 2015
It captures an emotional memoir without making it feel like a didactic tale of triumph over adversity.
January 05, 2015
If nothing else, Wild offers a first-rate advertisement for the purifying abilities of the great outdoors.
October 07, 2016
Nick Hornby's script feels a bit uneven, with a few too many whispery voiceovers, but Witherspoon's temerity carries the day.
June 05, 2016
Modern hiking is a secular cousin of the pilgrimage; it heals through hardship, loneliness, silence, and beauty. The very fine 'Wild' depicts one woman's inner transformation.
December 18, 2014
Wild may sound like a film about redemption, but it's more about learning to live with what you can't control - and accepting what you can control, which is sometimes just as difficult.
June 07, 2016
For all of the trouble 'Wild' takes to get into Strayed's head, you'd think they might've drafted filmmakers with a little bit more experience living in a place like that.
January 05, 2015
Witherspoon et al have done justice to Strayed's story.
