Brilliant

Rating: 10/10 (22 October 2007)

A quiet, contemplative movie with heartbreaking performances by Emile Hirsch and Hal Holbrook. No movie in the last 5 years can match this film's emotional impact. The camera work is beautiful and as innovative as any I have seen in a long time. Penn's direction has taken a quantum leap from "The Pledge" to "Into the Wild". The music, contributed by Eddie Vedder is astonishingly good and fits perfectly within the scenes. Arguably the finest example of American film in recent memory. Unquestionably the best work of Penn's career, in front or behind the camera. Catherine Keener and William Hurt are excellent, as one can usually expect, Jena Malone lends layers to the film with superb narrative work. I am not a polished enough writer to do "Into the Wild" justice but I am not ashamed to say I cried throughout the whole movie.