Directed by:
Sean PennScreenplay:
Sean PennCinematography:
Eric GautierComposer:
Michael BrookCast:
Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Jena Malone, Brian H. Dierker, Catherine Keener, Vince Vaughn, Kristen Stewart, Hal Holbrook (more)VOD (3)
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Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead, McCandless instead walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. What happened to him on the way transformed this young wanderer into an enduring symbol for countless people - a fearless risk-taker who wrestled with the precarious balance between man and nature. (Paramount Vantage AU)
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I wish it was freer and intellectually deeper. At times I felt that Penn actually says that living without anything in the wilderness like a homeless person is actually the best thing you can do, and that you will know what life is only if you do so, no matter the time, and that is something I cannot identify with. The emotions are fine, and there are quite a few of them, and it's interesting that the longer you look at it, the more you like the main character – or rather, it's entertaining to watch his mental development and transformation. It's a conscious film, I just would have preferred it to be in a slightly different direction – or maybe have the attributes rearranged differently, if you will. Dreamers and laid-back people will watch this over a beer and chuckle in delight. Pragmatists and realists would rather watch something like American Gangster, which is also a journey.
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I understand that this story about a young guy embarking on his dream adventure (without thinking about the effect that will have on his family and the people he meets along the way) can have a strong impact and even inspire some people, but it didn’t affect me at all. Into the Wild is not the type of film that can captivate me immediately (or that could emotionally exhaust me), and whether it will leave me with something else, time will tell. Emile Hirsch handles de role well, but I couldn’t relate to the character due to his very nature, which prevented me from experiencing the film to the fullest. The strongest part for me wasn’t the ending, it was the cameo of Hal Holbrook, whom I found more sincere and believable than Chris’s pilgrimage. The songs that can be heard throughout the film are very fitting and generate a specific atmosphere. Edit: So, I thought about it overnight and I have to add the fourth star.
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An absolutely divine film in perhaps all possible and even impossible details. After all, how many times has anyone thought about their life and considered escaping into nature and living in a completely non-consumerist way, like in a preserve? This film is about a boy who gave it its fullest and opened the door for other people. Until then, Sean Penn was basically a great, but a bit strange actor for me. Now I have to say that he is also a genius filmmaker, because what he did with the actors cannot be described with words. I could feel the emotions from everyone, and the music really added a lot to that. Finally, after a long time, a film where the running time was not a problem for me, quite the opposite. I liked that even though the film could have been practically without dialogues, there is still something going on in it and there are still different people and different characters that the boy who ventured into nature meets. A film that evoked so many joyful, sad, positive, but also negative emotions in me like no other in a long time.
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A stunning biographical film with exclusive footage of the beautiful and wild American countryside. Emile Hirsch gives the performance of a lifetime and I believed him, and together with the many characters (especially Catherine Keener) who enter the story unobtrusively, they make a great whole that makes you happy to reflect on. The various intertwining time dimensions added to the overall insight of the film, I wasn't bored and in short I can't give it anything other than 5*. A great experience guaranteed.
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Sean Penn is mainly known as an actor, although it is definitely worth getting to know his directing work as well. Even if not the whole film, "Into the Wild" is definitely a movie that can captivate. It's not so much because you will agree with the hero, I mean, I think a lot of us will just think that he is an idiot, but it is still worth considering what message is contained in the film. It is not an empty movie. Reflect on who you are. Returning to nature is a profound metaphor. But you will find something there, something deep inside you, something hidden. Perhaps each of us should go through a similar journey to realize what is important here. But who among us has the courage to do that? I should probably stop before I start philosophizing too much. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2012/04/jumper-babel-kung-fu-divocina-miami.html
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