powerful, deep and spectacular

Rating: 8/10 (30 January 2008)

The movie is greatly shot and always emotionally engaging; landscapes are really exquisite, showing America at its wildest and its best, with mountains, deserts, railroads and other haunting shots of the whole country. Mc Candless's story is certainly fascinating and gets the viewer to sympathizes more and more with the rejection of materialism and with the pursuit of happiness in such a way. It's undoubtedly a thought provoking film, containing many moments of magic, and is very different from other road movies (moreover this is an ecological road movie..) because the story is really genuine, impressively directed, written and acted.