Imagine my surprise after finding out that Oprah endorsed the book that has since become a worldwide hit. Then my epectations rose further when reports that the actress turned down "Blue Eyes" for this role emerged. High hopes dropped a smidgen when conflicting reviews online point to it being boring to some, and powerfully moving to others.
Soooo I totally had to watch it too. And guess what, I wouldn't mind coughing up Php 200 to watch this BUT you will never get me to watch it again, unless I'm in the brink of depression and need a pick-me-up.
Director Jean-Marc Vallée of the Dallas Buyers Club fame, along with Academy Award winning actress Reese Witherspoon and Academy Award nominated screenwriter Nick Hornby bring bestselling author Cheryl Strayed’s personal experience to the screen with Wild. Wild is a movie that deeply resonates with my own experience (you know, when it comes to dealing with my own problems), and I'm sure movie goers will feel the same way, too, once they set all their high hopes and expectations aside and just feel the movie.
For Cheryl Strayed herself, "It was a huge physical undertaking for me to hike the PCT for 94 days, but it was also very much a spiritual journey." For me, the movie is a nicely done depiction of one woman's journey of finding herself again--Getting herself "one with nature", letting herself spend some time alone to process things, properly mourn the loss of the love of her life (her mother), and accepting things that can never be changed. The movie/book aptly described how an average person would move on after experiencing a heartbreak, and that's cool in my book.
From 20th Century Fox, WILD opens nationwide TOMORROW, February 4!
