Wild
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A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.
What critics thought
Critics broadly embraced Wild as a showcase for Reese Witherspoon's best work in years, praising her raw, physically committed performance alongside Jean-Marc Vallée's fragmented, memory-driven direction — a deliberate rejection of conventional narrative structure that most found bracingly effective. The film earned generally favorable notices, though a minority felt its ambitions outpaced its execution, leaving it somewhat scattered.
“It's no surprise that the versatile Vallée, who recently directed two Oscar-winning performances in Dallas Buyers Club, has elicited from Witherspoon an intensely committed turn that, in its blend of grit, vulnerability, physical bravery, and emotional immediacy, represents easily her most affecting and substantial work in the nine years since Walk the Line”
Justin Chang·Variety
“It was trying to be a lot of things, and don't think it really accomplished all of them, but it was still interesting enough. So, it's worth a rental.”
Allison M. Lyzenga·My Film Habit
Accolades
Genres
Drama
Cast & Crew
Jean-Marc ValléeDirector
Reese WitherspoonCheryl Strayed
Laura DernBobbi Grey
Keene McRaeLeif
Gaby HoffmannAimee
Michiel HuismanJonathan
Kevin RankinGreg
Cliff DeYoungEd
Thomas SadoskiPaul
Randy SchulmanTherapist
W. Earl BrownFrank
Brian Van HoltRanger
Mo McRaeJimmy Carter
Nick HornbyWriter
Yves BélangerCinematographyFrom the studio
Wild
A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.
What critics thought
Critics broadly embraced Wild as a showcase for Reese Witherspoon's best work in years, praising her raw, physically committed performance alongside Jean-Marc Vallée's fragmented, memory-driven direction — a deliberate rejection of conventional narrative structure that most found bracingly effective. The film earned generally favorable notices, though a minority felt its ambitions outpaced its execution, leaving it somewhat scattered.
“It's no surprise that the versatile Vallée, who recently directed two Oscar-winning performances in Dallas Buyers Club, has elicited from Witherspoon an intensely committed turn that, in its blend of grit, vulnerability, physical bravery, and emotional immediacy, represents easily her most affecting and substantial work in the nine years since Walk the Line”
Justin Chang·Variety
“It was trying to be a lot of things, and don't think it really accomplished all of them, but it was still interesting enough. So, it's worth a rental.”
Allison M. Lyzenga·My Film Habit
Accolades
Genres
Drama
Cast & Crew
Jean-Marc ValléeDirectorReese WitherspoonCheryl StrayedLaura DernBobbi GreyKeene McRaeLeifGaby HoffmannAimeeMichiel HuismanJonathanKevin RankinGregCliff DeYoungEdThomas SadoskiPaulRandy SchulmanTherapistW. Earl BrownFrankBrian Van HoltRangerMo McRaeJimmy CarterNick HornbyWriterYves BélangerCinematographyFrom the studio
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