
Beautiful Boy(2018)
After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.


“Based on the inspirational best seller.”
A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.

Reese Witherspoon
Cheryl Strayed

Laura Dern
Bobbi Grey

Keene McRae
Leif

Gaby Hoffmann
Aimee

Michiel Huisman
Jonathan

Kevin Rankin
Greg

Cliff DeYoung
Ed

Thomas Sadoski
Paul

Randy Schulman
Therapist

W. Earl Brown
Frank
Wild is a drama film released in 2014 exploring themes of hiking, wilderness, biography, based on true story, memory, based on memoir or autobiography. Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, it stars Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Keene McRae. A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.
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