Sunday, 8 November 2015

Walking to discovery

Wild (2014)

Directed by Jean-Marc Vallee this film based on a true story stars Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern and Thomas Sadoski. Following her divorce a woman sets off alone on a 1,100 mile trek along the Pacific Crest Trail.

What this film does really well is capture the experience of hiking in the wild, travelling alone and particularly showing a female perspective on the experience. The script manages to seamlessly flit between the trip and the protagonists back story weaving together a complete picture of her life to that point. A little too much of the camera work is focused on the protagonist rather than the landscape for my liking but that is just personal taste, otherwise this is a really well made film.


4/5

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