WILD Trailer - In Cinemas January 22

In Wild, director Jean-Marc Vallee (Dallas Buyers Club), Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line) and Academy Award nominated screenwriter Nick Hornby (An Education) bring bestselling author Cheryl Strayed’s extraordinary adventure to the screen. After years of reckless behavior, a heroin addiction and the destruction of her marriage, Strayed makes a rash decision. Haunted by memories of her mother Bobbi (Academy Award nominee Laura Dern) and with absolutely no experience, she sets out to hike more than a thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail all on her own. WILD powerfully reveals her terrors and pleasures --as she forges ahead on a journey that maddens, strengthens, and ultimately heals her.

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I didn’t know about Sheryl Strayed, so I was surprised the movie was based on her & that it was a “True Story”. I will always be a fan of True Stories. That being said, I wasn’t a fan of her story (personally). She had a hard life, which lead her down a darker path. From a film perspective, I’m usually not a fan or sexual-nudity or “sex scenes”. Very easily that could have been insinuated (to keep with the story) and not shown. I’m not a Reese Witherspoon fan and this movie pushed me further from it. I didn’t appreciate her showing her body or movie lines speaking down on God. I’m not one to usually enjoy negative movies, but at least it ended nice. I did like the attention to detail in this movie, from what I can see they kept it close to the true story. There was an entertaining sense of adventure § survival. It does give you a perspective of self & your own journey. Overall, I would recommend this film to fans of Sheryl Strayed or any of the actors, hikers, travelers, survival-movie enthusiasts, & hippie-minded people. Mostly if you don’t find yourself in that category, I wouldn’t recommend the movie. 4/10