Into the Wild

Year

2007

Duration

142 minutes

Genres

Biopics

Language

English

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Based on a true story, this movie sees a very bright, idealistic young man (Emile Hirsch) drop out of college and try to find some answers about himself, nature and life itself, on a long journey that takes him across the US and on to a fateful adventure in the Alaskan wilderness. Hirsch is excellent in this sad and beautiful story.

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Sean Penn

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This film has several uses of strong bad language

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Into the Wild

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