Director: Jean-Marc Vallee
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Gaby Hoffman
My Rating: Loved It!
Wild has the distinction of being my favorite film I saw a few weekends ago at the Virginia Film Festival. Last year my favorite was Blue Ruin. Wild is about a woman who is trying to find herself and find peace and happiness by walking a 1,000 mile hike from Mexico to Canada. She used to be a heroin addict and her mother passed away, the latter being the ultimate catapult for her journey.
So many movies tell their stories through intermittent flashbacks, and Wild does this exceptionally well. The whole film has beautiful cinematography. Some of the credit goes to the crew, but most of it is because of the sheer beauty of the PCT (Pacific Crest Trail). And the story can resonate with anyone who has ever felt like the odds were against them; so everyone.
Wild is bound to garner a few Oscar nominations, and probably a win because of Reese Witherspoon's amazing performance. It's a very entertaining and visceral movie that everyone should watch.
"It was my life - like all lives, mysterious and irrevocable and sacred. So very close, so very present, so very belonging to me. How wild it was, to let it be." Cheryl Strayed