In today's local newspaper, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, there is a great review by Roger Moore of the new movie with Reese Witherspoon, " Wild." A brief part of the review says,"Witherspoon . . .hikes her way out of a tragic past, one painful, traumatic step at a time. A find-yourself-by-yourself drama in the "Into the Wild, or "The Way" mold, "Wild" sends Witherspoon on a self-imposed spiritual quest to make amends for the damage she's done to herself and others."
"A hiking novice....she sets out to trek and Pacific Crest Trail. Her goal is simple, to 'walk myself back into the woman my mother thought I was.' "
"And with every step, every rookie hiker's mistake, she remembers that mother (Laura Dern) in flashbacks. (She) will march from the Mojave Desert north to Oregon and Washington. She will do it alone with no wilderness or long-walk background . . . What saves this from becoming some indulgent and precious "Hike, Pray, Love" is Witherspoon's earthy turn in the leading role and the rich, nurturing presence of Dern, seen in flashbacks..."
"The humor comes from Witherspoon's salty fury at all the stuff she does wrong from the wrong-sized hiking boots, to the overstuffed pack that threatens to "turtle" on her."
The critic gives the movie an A, and it certainly seems likely to be of movie of interest to readers of this forum. I'm eager to see it.
"A hiking novice....she sets out to trek and Pacific Crest Trail. Her goal is simple, to 'walk myself back into the woman my mother thought I was.' "
"And with every step, every rookie hiker's mistake, she remembers that mother (Laura Dern) in flashbacks. (She) will march from the Mojave Desert north to Oregon and Washington. She will do it alone with no wilderness or long-walk background . . . What saves this from becoming some indulgent and precious "Hike, Pray, Love" is Witherspoon's earthy turn in the leading role and the rich, nurturing presence of Dern, seen in flashbacks..."
"The humor comes from Witherspoon's salty fury at all the stuff she does wrong from the wrong-sized hiking boots, to the overstuffed pack that threatens to "turtle" on her."
The critic gives the movie an A, and it certainly seems likely to be of movie of interest to readers of this forum. I'm eager to see it.
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