Review of Wild (2014) by Odjento — 06 Feb 2015

I thought this film was really quite average and that kinda saddened me. Reese Witherspoon wasn't too bad in it but I don't know if it was oscar nomination worthy, however I haven't seen too many other leading actress movies.

Witherspoons character basically goes out on a (about) 1000 mile long trail to walk and I suppose clear her head and get things straight: or perhaps also enlighten herself. The thing that makes this film average is that she doesn't really look like she accomplishes/gains anything, and that makes it a kind of dissatisfying watch.

For this I would give it a bad score but instead i'm giving it an average score as I find some of the direction in it very well done and I enjoyed the support roles too. Conparing this to "Into the Wild", this one is to give a pass as there is no sense of her gaining or accomplishing anything, whereas in "Into the Wild" the guy in it (SPOILER FOR INTO THE WILD) ends up dying and still seems to achieve and realise more.

This was a pretty average film overall.