Into the Wild

A genuine odyssey: a journey to self-knowledge.

Sean Penn sings a powerful and poetic hymn to America with Into the Wild, his sweeping, sensitive and deeply affecting adaptation of Jon Krakauer's best-selling book.

Penn, in tandem with the superb cinematographer Eric Gautier (The Motorcycle Diaries), captures the majesty and terror of the wilderness in ways that make you catch your breath.

One such paradox, which Into the Wild doesn't note, is that those who flee civilization more often than not bring it with them. The bus in which Christopher McCandless died is now a tourist destination.

Sean Penn delivers a compelling, ambitious work that will satisfy most admirers of the book.

Penn opts for epic proportions and clutters his narrative with gimmicks. For the most part, it works. What's missing is the perspective and insight that would illuminated the inner dimensions of a driven young man who is preachy and downright irritating.

With all the narration and fits of slow motion, the movie seems like the work of a nervous chain-smoker. It lacks concentration--and with it, the potential for rapture.

DA MOVIE OF MY LIFE !!!! Tatooed on my body !!!! No more to say, except : THANK U SO MUCH SEAN PENN !!!! "If human life can be ruled by reason, the possibility of life is destroyed"

Stunning visuals, strong lead performance, decent soundtrack. Overall, left with mixed feelings.

A bit overlong but has many strong moments and a good performance by Emile Hirsch.

I can totally see why this movie rubs people the wrong way. It's overly long, suffers from some pretty bland dialogue and it fails to really explore why Chris did what he did. Couple that with some pretty average acting and you got a rather disappointing and boring movie. I thought the story behind the movie was far more interesting than the movie itself.

Muy cansada, la historia de hueva pq no te interesa para nada le personaje, saber que existio si dices que interesante, pero de ahí que me heche 2.5 hrs de su vida, NO