An average movie

To be honest, I had never heard of this movie or the book it was adapted from so I wasn’t really sure what to expect. In fact, more than 10 years ago, Bea chose a very similar movie for the film club called ‘Wild’ starring Reese Witherspoon. The funny thing is that she didn’t remember choosing this movie and none of the other members of our film club remembered it either (good thing that we have this diary). Anyway, coming back on the movie itself, it probably featured the most beautiful couple I have seen so far with our film club. Indeed, you might wonder how they managed to never have some major argument during this sometimes really grueling path but I think it displayed how much they loved each other which was very sweet. On top of that, Jason Isaacs and Gillian Anderson both gave some really solid performances and they had some very nice chemistry together. Unfortunately, I didn’t care much about the rest of the movie though. I mean, the landscapes were amazing and, many times, the whole idea of doing such a long walk became really attractive to me. However, it was actually a real nightmare for them which was something this movie adaptation failed to display as they romanticized too much their adventure. There was also the fact that I’m not a huge fan of the road-trip genre. Indeed, in my opinion, it is a rather lazy way to tell a story and, in this case, some encounters were intriguing but most of them were just too whimsical but, above all, not interesting or entertaining enough. Finally, it was interesting that they didn’t spend much time explaining how they ended up in this situation but they also didn’t really show what they were going through mentally and emotionally while they were on this trail. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it was still a decent watch and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 

6/10