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"Into the Wild," so many problems yet...

Posted by tinear on October 20, 2007 at 14:21:50:
S P O I L E R S galore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First off, Hirsch has an amazing resemblance to Eddie Vedder. Add to that the fact that Vedder sings several songs during the "action" and... almost seemed like a Pearl Jam MTV video.
Lots of poor background scenes involving William Hurt, as the cold Dad, and some old woman that looked vaguely familiar as the uninvolved Mom.
Sob.
Supposedly, the young man was driven to distraction and wandering by these cruel parents but, outside of a shouting/shoving match, I failed to see anything very terrible.
Mom and Dad... fought!
Poor kid.
I love Catherine Keener but the poor thing wasn't given much to do except mouth truisms and look hippie-ish.
The other cameos also were non-remarkable with the notable exception of Hal Holbrook who made me wish he had done more film work, lately: he looks like he won't be with us much longer.
The film?
Well, it works as a kind of road film.
Any pretensions of art vanish with the overly pretty cinematography and overbearing, omnipresent SOUNDTRACK!
Hirsch is okay but in many scenes he proved he is a superb mimic. Leonardo-lite. The grin. The vocal inflection. In one scene, poorly lit, he even looked exactly like him, filmed from the side.
Anyhow, if you'd like to spend a few very long hours (couldn't we have done with a bit less of those repetitive Keener scenes?) this could be your film.
Two 1/2 stars (out of five).