WILD

With the dissolution of her marriage and the death of her mother, Cheryl Strayed has lost all hope. After years of reckless, destructive behavior, she makes a rash decision. With absolutely no experience, driven only by sheer determination, Cheryl hikes more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, alone. WILD powerfully captures the terrors and pleasures of one young woman forging ahead against all odds on a journey that maddens, strengthens, and ultimately heals her.

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail is a 2012 memoir by American author Cheryl Strayed, describing her 1,100-mile hike on the Pacific Crest Trail in a journey of self-discovery. The book reached No. 1 on the New York Times Best Seller list, and was the first selection for Oprah’s Book Club 2.0.

“The movie gets much of the book and has the added benefit of scenery – lots of it, deserts and mountains and forests spreading out to the far horizons.”

–Ty Burr, Boston Globe

“This pensive, reflective, complicated Witherspoon feels more real than the one she left behind – and more in keeping with how she started, in hard-hitting independent movies 20 years ago.”

–Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

“What makes its heroine worth caring about – what makes her a rare and exciting presence in present-day American film – is not that she’s tidy or sensible or even especially nice. It’s that she’s free.”

–A.O. Scott, New York Times