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Wildlike

2015 · 104 min

A quiet, tense journey through raw wilderness and quiet healing, anchored by two lost souls.

Directed by
Frank Hall Green
Genres
Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Starring
Bruce Greenwood, Ella Purnell, Brian Geraghty
Overview
Fourteen-year-old Mackenzie is sent to live with her uncle in Juneau when her mother can’t care for her anymore. The living situation quickly takes a turn for the worse, and she runs away to rejoin her mother in Seattle. While on her dangerous journey of sleeping in cars and breaking into hotel rooms, she’s drawn to Rene, a lonesome backpacker looking for tranquility in the wilderness.

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Directed by
Frank Hall Green
Genres
Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Starring
Bruce Greenwood, Ella Purnell, Brian Geraghty
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • survival
  • trauma
  • healing
  • isolation
Places
  • wilderness
  • road trip
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Genres
adventure, drama, thriller
Directed by
Frank Hall Green
Written by
Frank Hall Green
Starring
Bruce Greenwood, Ella Purnell, Brian Geraghty, Ann Dowd, Nolan Gerard Funk, Diane Farr, Joshua Leonard, Erin Lindsay King
Music
Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans
Cinematography
Hillary Spera
Runtime
104 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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