Wild

It's a solid release with a wealth of emotionally compelling content to draw upon. Dern and Witherspoon are perfectly cast here, with the latter portraying the protagonist's struggle with death, mourning, and substance abuse adeptly. What I found to be the most tasteful in this film was its treatment of its myriad of male figures and their influence on Cheryl, whether it be as figures of violence and misogyny or, conversely, comfort and love. This has some subtle feminist themes I really love.

The best film to feature the word 'wild' in its title since Into the Wild. "What about Wild Tales, you idiot ?!" Alright, jeesh; Make that the best American film to feature the word 'wild' in its title since Into the Wild. Satisfied? "What about Beasts of the Southern Wild, asshole?!" OK, that's it, show's cancelled folks!

I liked this film the first time I watched it, when it was called "Into the Wild" Can't even come up with an original title....jeez. Also heard that Witherspoon beat out ScarJo, J-Law and E-Wats for this role. Would rather have seen their tittaes over Reese's Pieces!

Better than I thought. It's about overcoming your past, fear, grief etc. alone in the wild. It's based on a memoir, but doesn't glamorize the flawed main character, and Reese captured her well. It's would be easy to dismiss this as a feminist piece, but it didn't shovel it's message down your throat, and actually had some sympathetic male characters. Best part for me were still the beautiful landscapes, and the atmosphere of the wild that the film captured with almost lyrical beauty.

The Real Summary: A wild woman (hence the title) who likes to fuck and shoot heroin goes on a spiritual hike, and because she mumbles all these songs along the way, she is reborn. Now that song is stuck in my head too, bitch! No, I'm kidding, I sobbed like a 6 year old at the end.