An interior journey

Rating: 7/10 (10 June 2008)

Although you may not totally agree with the reasons that led Chris McCandless to this journey, you can't question the joy, the courage and the will to live this young man had. And Sean Penn's movie depicts this brilliantly with an extraordinary performance by Emile Hirsh, who immerses himself in the character in a way that is not so common.
The landscapes are absolutely amazing and the fact that the film was shoot on location makes the viewer even closer to the character and to what is happening to. You can't help but feel you're part of his journey, that you're there feeling what he feels, having the same experiences he is having, growing up like him.
With the ending, one of the most haunting and unfair, although real, I've seen in a long time, comes the realization that there are many beautiful things in life but they're only worth it if shared. But for McCandless it was too late...