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Wild is an extraordinary experience, a spiritual and emotional coming of age for a mourning daughter set against nature. A perfect film from Jean-Marc Vallée and awards-worthy performance from Reese Witherspoon.

It's too bad that the movie, in its last thirty minutes, doesn't trust the audience to process what it just saw.

At its core, it's actually about a woman coming to terms with her tragic past, including the death of her beloved mother, and figuring out how to forge a future for herself.

Why should audiences care about her very unexceptional life?

...Fine, but it all adds up to something pretty tame when looked at with any seriousness.