movie poster for INTO THE WILD

Flicks ID

14914

Cert

12

Running time

142 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

INTO THE WILD (2007)

SEAN PENN

Plot

Christopher McCandless is a bright, likable, precociously perceptive, young middle-class college graduate, who, tortured by his dysfunctional childhood, is determined to find a simpler, purer and more harmonious life. He gives away all that he has and sets out across North America, his ultimate goal the perfect isolation of the Alaskan wilderness. Based on real events 'Into The Wild' is beautifully judged, paced and performed; an epic, gloriously visualised road trip and also a moving and thoughtful observation of those whose lives Christopher touched and was touched by on his quest for inner peace.