A drama about the awakening of the painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.
After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he's caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
Director:
Angelina Jolie
Stars:
Jack O'Connell,
Takamasa Ishihara,
Domhnall Gleeson
The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.
Lit professor and gambler Jim Bennett's debt causes him to borrow money from his mother and a loan shark. Further complicating his situation is his relationship with one of his students. Will Bennett risk his life for a second chance?
A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory.
Director:
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Stars:
Michael Keaton,
Zach Galifianakis,
Edward Norton
There are multiple news reports saying this was Reese Witherspoon's first film performing nude scenes; however, she appeared topless in Twilight (1998). See more »
Goofs
At one point, a calendar shows Friday, December 7. However, the film is set in 1995, and Dec. 7, 1995 was a Thursday, not a Friday. Recent years where Dec. 7 was a Friday were 1990, 2001, 2007, and 2012, none of which could have been when the movie took place. See more »
Quotes
Cheryl:
"If your Nerve, deny you - Go above your Nerve" - EMILY DICKINSON
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Wild tells the story of Cheryl, a drug fueled binge drinker who lost her mother and feels lost on the path to life so she decides to pick up and walk the Pacific coast trail. Directed by Jean Marc Valèe of last year's Dallas Buyers Club, I was going into this hoping for a brilliant film, instead I came away with great cinematography, an unbelievable Reese Witherspoon and misguided story that wants to be something more than "a woman and the wilderness" movie. Well, unfortunately, its not. Valèe seems to have exhausted his talents into last year's Dallas Buyers Club rather than into Wild. My problems with this film exude my likes, obviously but one thing about this film that I can't seem to shake is Witherspoon. I don't buy her as this character, she can't pass as a woman who is a drinker and a drug abuser because quite frankly, she looks terrible on screen doing these things. I don't buy it for a second, it is like watching a student film rehash of a better performance and cringing at how bad the student screws it up. The role of Cheryl was clearly meant for someone with a better range than Witherspoon. I'm all for an actor to transform themselves to fit a film, much like McCounaghey did for Dallas Buyers. But Witherspoon seems so hesitant to do anything other than gain five pounds and not wear make-up for the entire film. No, it doesn't make it look like she has a drug and alcohol problem or is conflicted or is realistic, it just makes for a lazy performance and it is one I couldn't commit to for a two hour film. As far as the screenplay is concerned...well, what screenplay, it is mostly Reese Witherspoon trekking across the Pacific trail while reminiscing about past times and discovering dead end relationships along the way. It is a bare bones script from a bare bones book that was equally disappointing. However, the film may be boring and painfully slow, but the cinematography here was fantastic. There are some truly beautiful moments in this film regarding the way it looks. Outside Witherspoon, the supporting cast features Gabby Hoffman and Laura Dern and both of which deliver good performances. Overall, Wild features some great cinematography and a truly shoddy performance from Witherspoon. I can't begin to explain why she is being praised for taking off make up and walking on a trail for a two hour film. It isn't a brave performance, its a lazy one and an even lazier film. Wild is far from Sean Penn's Into the Wild, which I'm sure will be the base of comparison and feels more like a half baked version of it.
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Wild tells the story of Cheryl, a drug fueled binge drinker who lost her mother and feels lost on the path to life so she decides to pick up and walk the Pacific coast trail. Directed by Jean Marc Valèe of last year's Dallas Buyers Club, I was going into this hoping for a brilliant film, instead I came away with great cinematography, an unbelievable Reese Witherspoon and misguided story that wants to be something more than "a woman and the wilderness" movie. Well, unfortunately, its not. Valèe seems to have exhausted his talents into last year's Dallas Buyers Club rather than into Wild. My problems with this film exude my likes, obviously but one thing about this film that I can't seem to shake is Witherspoon. I don't buy her as this character, she can't pass as a woman who is a drinker and a drug abuser because quite frankly, she looks terrible on screen doing these things. I don't buy it for a second, it is like watching a student film rehash of a better performance and cringing at how bad the student screws it up. The role of Cheryl was clearly meant for someone with a better range than Witherspoon. I'm all for an actor to transform themselves to fit a film, much like McCounaghey did for Dallas Buyers. But Witherspoon seems so hesitant to do anything other than gain five pounds and not wear make-up for the entire film. No, it doesn't make it look like she has a drug and alcohol problem or is conflicted or is realistic, it just makes for a lazy performance and it is one I couldn't commit to for a two hour film. As far as the screenplay is concerned...well, what screenplay, it is mostly Reese Witherspoon trekking across the Pacific trail while reminiscing about past times and discovering dead end relationships along the way. It is a bare bones script from a bare bones book that was equally disappointing. However, the film may be boring and painfully slow, but the cinematography here was fantastic. There are some truly beautiful moments in this film regarding the way it looks. Outside Witherspoon, the supporting cast features Gabby Hoffman and Laura Dern and both of which deliver good performances. Overall, Wild features some great cinematography and a truly shoddy performance from Witherspoon. I can't begin to explain why she is being praised for taking off make up and walking on a trail for a two hour film. It isn't a brave performance, its a lazy one and an even lazier film. Wild is far from Sean Penn's Into the Wild, which I'm sure will be the base of comparison and feels more like a half baked version of it.