Wild (2014)

Directed by

Jean-Marc Vallée

Genre

drama film, adventure film, biographical film, survival film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

R

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2,689 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman hikes the Pacific Crest Trail alone to cope with past personal struggles. The film shows her journey through flashbacks and the challenges of the trail.

contemplativerawemotionalinspiringlonelyreflectivevisceralhopeful

What happens

Wild is a 2014 American biographical adventure drama film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and written by Nick Hornby, based on the 2012 memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Thomas Sadoski, Michiel Huisman, Gaby Hoffmann, Kevin Rankin, and W. Earl Brown, the film follows Strayed as she embarks on a solo hiking trip on the Pacific Crest Trail in 1995 after numerous personal problems had left her life in shambles. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 29, 2014, and was released theatrically in the United States on December 5, 2014. It received positive reviews from critics and was a box office success, grossing $52.5 million against its $15 million budget. Witherspoon and Dern received nominations at the 87th Academy Awards for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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