It was a movie that was ten years in the making; Director Sean Penn first encountering the story of Christopher McCandless in the 90's. Into The Wild is a mildly fictionalised account of a true story about a young man's rite of passage through America, finally heading for Alaska. Christopher (Emile Hirsch) is a very talented young man, passing all his college exams with flying colours, events of the world around him (both home and away) suddenly and seemingly from nowhere takes Christopher off on an adventure. His journey begins with the disposal of his car, and the burning of his last remaining dollars; his life savings already donated to charity. The next ...  Read the complete review

Into The Wild is a thought provoking film based on the true story of a young man who escaped the boring expectations of most young twentysomethings his parents had by walking off without announcing it into the wilderness to just explore. Sean Penn's excellently directed film really makes you think about the importance of life and with a great soundtrack and some stunning camera work it's that sort of film that will have you staring at the screen, riveted by the events taking place. Christopher McCandless is a good scholar with rich parents who want him to 'succeed'. Upon graduation, he makes the decision to turn down the Harvard offer he has and just walk away ...  Read the complete review

------------------------------- RuN-TiMe - 148 minutes Cert- 15 Genre- Based on a true story American ------------ In the seventies there was a singer called Nick Drake, who committed suicide in his early twenties, his melancholic acoustic work an essential LP in student's collections, the middle-class kid who died of self-perpetuating angst through an overdoes of anti-depressants. None of his five albums had sold 5000 copies by the time of the next decade and yet today he is in the top 50 most influential English artists of all time some 50 years after his birth. Even today there are people that weren't even born when he took his own ...  Read the complete review

Every time I got some Amazon vouchers for some reason or another, I went onto my Amazon Wish List and every time saw I had a film there called 'Into The Wild'. For some reason, I never knew why it was in my wish list, and I never brought it, until now. That being said I had not heard anything about this film from what I can remember before sitting down to watch it last night. I was not sure what to expect but for some reason, I felt like I was going to be watching a good movie. ===== Plot ===== Based on a true story, the film follows Chris McCandless who has just graduated from Uni (or college) with fantastic grades and really ...  Read the complete review

"If you admit that human life can be ruled by reason then all possibility of life is destroyed." Introduction Into the Wild is a drama film that is actually based on the true story of a young man named Christopher McCandless. It is also based on a book of the same name which was written by Jon Krakauer. The film was directed by Sean Penn. It received generally very positive reviews from film critics on release and was said to be one of the best movies of 2007. The film currently has a rating of 8.2/10 from 89,767 votes on IMDB.com and is placed at 140 on its all time top 250 films list. Plot The film is the the story ...  Read the complete review