Review of Wild (2014) by Moonman1994 — 28 Dec 2015
Although Witherspoon gave a great performance at the end of the movie you find yourself asking the question: "Did Cheryl really learn anything?" Other than the monologue at the end there was no instance when you found yourself believing that Cheryl was truly ready to turn her life around.
Along the hike she even seems to make similar mistakes to the ones that sent her there. On top of this flaw the editing is very poor. It constantly switched from present to flashback. The switches were so quick (and at times unnecessary) that they muddle the timeline and the plot.
If half of the flashbacks were cut they could have maintained effectiveness and power but they occur so frequently any sort of effectiveness is lost. Overall great acting by Witherspoon, acceptable directing, but poor editing and poor storytelling.
This review of Wild (2014) was written by Moonman1994 on 28 Dec 2015.
Wild has generally received positive reviews.
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