Review of Wild (2014) by Scribehard — 14 Dec 2014
The great challenge in adapting someone’s story for the screen is that the filmmakers might not do the story justice. Vallée did great things with Ron Woodroof’s story in Dallas Buyers Club, a film similar to this one in that it is a true story of a protagonist with a reckless past who goes on to something loftier. Unfortunately,Vallée doesn’t have that magic in him again.
I don’t know Strayed’s book, but given the fact it made it to print in the first place, and given the positive comments I’ve heard from friends, tells me there is a pretty good story there. Wild isn’t that story.
This review of Wild (2014) was written by Scribehard on 14 Dec 2014.
Wild has generally received positive reviews.
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