Into the Wild (2007)

Into the Wild rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8/10· 693K votes

Rotten Tomatoes83%

Metacritic73%

TMDb7.796/10· 10K votes

With 83% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8/10 on IMDb and 73/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Into the Wild

After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.

Cast of Into the Wild

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  Emile Hirsch

  as Christopher McCandless / Alexander Supertramp

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  Marcia Gay Harden

  as Billie McCandless

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  William Hurt

  as Walt McCandless

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  Jena Malone

  as Carine McCandless / Additional Narration (voice)

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  Brian H. Dierker

  as Rainey

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  Catherine Keener

  as Jan Burres

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  Vince Vaughn

  as Wayne Westerberg

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  Kristen Stewart

  as Tracy Tatro

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  Hal Holbrook

  as Ronald "Ron" Franz

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  Thure Lindhardt

  as Mads

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  Signe Egholm Olsen

  as Sonja

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  Jim Gallien

  as Jim Gallien

Into the Wild facts

Budget

$15M

Box office

$56.3M

Our take on Into the Wild

Sean Penn's 2007 drama tells the true-based story of Christopher McCandless, a top student and athlete who, after graduating from Emory University in 1992, gives away his entire savings, abandons his possessions and hitchhikes toward the Alaskan wilderness to live off the land. An adventure and a character study at once, the film alternates his solitary trek with the people he meets along the way, tracing an idealistic search for freedom, meaning and escape from convention. It suits viewers drawn to reflective, road-bound journeys and unresolved questions about self-reliance and belonging, and who are willing to sit with a restless, romantic and ultimately sobering true account.