Really Surprised!

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

The journey of one free-spirited young man has captured the hearts of people all over the world for his bravery and remarkable attitude towards life. Chris McCandless is a unique film character in that even though we know his outcome isn't great, we support his decisions along the way. Based on a remarkable true story, Sean Penn captures the heart and soul of the physical and emotional wilderness inside and around man. This film could have been done poorly is just any director tackled the project, but Penn gives the film a gorgeous layer of emption that makes the audience dig deep into the true story he's documenting. Eddie Veder's original songs written and performed for the film are superb and capture the nature of the film perfectly. What steals the show is Hal Holbrook as an elderly loner who meets Chris along his wilderness journey to Alaska, giving as heartbreaking a performance as they come. This is a film nearly everyone enjoys and is worth seeing and thinking about long after your viewing.

Everyone must watch this movie. This movie change my life.

Slow, and laughably bad. Selfish bloke who was very rude to his family who loved him. I mean a lot of people want to travel and see the world...find themselves but rarely do they eat the wrong plants.

An extraordinary person who inspires us to think. This movie is a true gem. A young man had the vision and the guts to seek for freedom, for truth, for purity, for beauty. A very bright young man who wanted to undo himself from the lies around him. Wanting to be a balanced, independant person, selfless, not chained to a job or money. Happy with nothing. As he says himself: to kill the false bing within. This extraordinary young man lived a great adventure, since he left home. Sean Penn has made a fantastic movie / almost a documentury and Emile Hirsh probably played the greatest part in his life (I hope he will play bigger and better, but people remember him now, 10 years later, as the guy from into the Wild). This is a must see movie. It opened my eyes. It shows where the real friendship and beauty lie. I rated this movie a 10. This is my favorite, so I am biased.