Based on a best-selling memoir, Wild stars Reese Witherspoon as Strayed, who hikes through deserts and mountains from California to Washington, pushing herself to the limit of her physical and mental strength. It is Witherspoon's best performance in years and is likely to raise Oscar speculation. From the beginning when Cheryl takes off her hiking boots to show us socks dripping with blood from a "disengaged" toenail, we know that we are not in for a pleasant walk in the park. Additional physical hardships lurk, waiting to spring. While lugging around a thousand- pound backpack dubbed "The Monster," a metaphor for the "baggage" she carries around with her, Strayed has to face running out of water, confronting unfriendly rattlesnakes, and avoiding threatening encounters with some good ol' boys that remind her that, as a woman traveling by herself, she faces risks most men would not.

Starring:

Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Thomas Sadoski, Keene McRae, Michiel Huisman, W. Earl Brown, Gaby Hoffmann, Kevin Rankin, Brian Van Holt, Cliff De Young, Mo McRae, Will Cuddy, Leigh Parker, Nick Eversman, Ray Buckley

Genre:

Biography, Drama