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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.
All the Wilderness: Directed by Michael James Johnson. With Kodi Smit-McPhee, Virginia Madsen, Isabelle Fuhrman, Evan Ross. A restless teenager explores the wilderness of his city while struggling with the absence of his father.
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- 2015-02-20
All the Wilderness is a film directed by Michael James Johnson with Kodi Smit-McPhee, Virginia Madsen, Isabelle Fuhrman, Evan Ross .... Year: 2014. Original title: All the Wilderness. Synopsis: James has shut himself off from his surroundings, falling into a world of imagination and darkness.
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James recently lost his father and is having trouble coping. He also seems obsessed with the death of people and animals. Because of this and other psychological problems, his mother sends him to Dr. Pembry; James does not want to go. He ends up making friends with street musician Harmon and spending his nights on the city streets.
The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 9, 2014. On November 4, 2014, Screen Media Films acquired distribution rights to the film. The film was released in the United States on February 20, 2015.
All the Wildernessreceived generally positive reviews from critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 60% approval rating, with a rating average of 5.88/10 based on 25 reviews. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100, the film has a score of 54 based on 11 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
Feb 20, 2015 · But James is simply a lost boy hoping to be found and yearning for acceptance as he decides to escape from his suburban home to sample the urban wilderness of Portland, Oregon, which is portrayed as a nocturnal carnival awash with garishly murky green, red and blue hues.
Overview. Keeping to himself in the wake his father's death, James Charm finds refuge in solitary walks and creating morbid sketches — until a charismatic new friend and a quirky young woman begin to draw him out of his shell. Michael James Johnson. Director, Writer.
Feb 14, 2015 · All the Wilderness concerns a wayward person’s striving for social connection. The wilderness of the title literally refers to the woods behind the attractively remote cabin where James (Kodi Smit-McPhee) lives with his mother, Abigail (Virginia Madsen).
