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Feb 20, 2015 · James (Kodi Smit-McPhee) has shut himself off from his surroundings, falling into a world of imagination and darkness. Visits with his psychiatrist have proven unhelpful - though he takes a liking to fellow patient, Val. As James begins to rebel against his single mother, he ventures into the night where he meets a mysterious kid who welcomes him into an eccentric city. Relationships are put ...
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- Kodi Smit-Mcphee
- Michael James Johnson
Feb 20, 2015 · There’s a ferocious, emotionally raw film trying to burst out of All the Wilderness, but the drama settles for sensitive acting and familiar metaphors.
Thankfully, All the Wilderness doesn't collapse into a grungy-looking, hand-held mess. Johnson prefers a dreamy look, a slow, meditative tone in which feelings, details, and ideas can be absorbed. The movie doesn't tell its story, it feels it. At only 76 minutes, the movie may feel slight, but it's slighter than a well-written short story.
- Michael Johnson
- Jeffrey M. Anderson
- Kodi Smit-Mcphee, Isabelle Fuhrman, Evan Ross
Feb 20, 2015 · February 20, 2015. 4 min read. “ There was a boy, a very strange enchanted boy…. That was the tune that came to mind during the opening moments of “All the Wilderness,” which ultimately amounts to a visually ambitious tone poem about the none-too-surprising caprices of male adolescence. A young teen boy is shown in a sunny overgrown ...
Kyle says: “ALL THE WILDERNESS is another in a very very long line of films about a troubled teenager resisting the forces of socialization, having withdrawn into a world of his own making following the suicide of his father. The clumsily named James Charm, winningly portrayed by rising young star Kodi Smith-McPhee, makes up future dates of death for boys his own age he hates, but warms to a ...
Country. United States. Language. English. All the Wilderness (originally titled The Wilderness of James) is a 2014 American drama film written and directed by Michael Johnson. The film stars Kodi Smit-McPhee, Virginia Madsen, Isabelle Fuhrman, Evan Ross and Danny DeVito. The film was released on February 20, 2015, by Screen Media Films.
Feb 11, 2021 · An earlier version of this review misstated the profession of the character Miguel's sister. She is a nurse, not a doctor. When we learn of a mistake, we acknowledge it with a correction.
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