Should have taken the cruise

Rating: 1/10 (12 January 2008)

If Chris wanted to see Alaska he should have booked himself a room on Celebrity or Princess. They have warm beds, gambling and all the maggot-free moose you can eat.
Actually, I won't argue the merits of Chris' little adventure, suffice to say if I were going to throw myself in the wilderness I would have watched some episodes of Survivorman and got me some good Boy Scout books.
My beef is with the movie-making. It was preachy, self-indulgent and frankly unwatchable. Hirsch isn't a bad actor (Alpha Dog was scary), but in this 2 &1/2 piece of hero worship he comes across as an Actor playing the part. Not one believable note. Not one.
Penn might have done himself a favor by casting unknowns.
I don't know what everybody else sees in this movie but count me among those who thought it was a stinker.