A fascinating true story

Rating: 7/10 (5 December 2011)

An interesting told pretty well told by Oscar winner Sean Penn. At some point in their life all men have the fantasy of just dropping out of society and living off the (hopefully) fat of the land. This movie is about a middle class suburban college student who actually did it. He eventually painfully starves to death alone in a bus inexplicably abandoned in the remote Alaskan wilderness so it is a bit of bummer. However, the two and half hours that lead up to his final stand are a fascinating study of someone who has either the courage or craziness to attempt what 100% of people fantasize about doing but 99.9% would not. In short, pick the right material as a filmmaker and the job almost does itself.