Wild

“Based on the inspirational best seller.”

Cheryl Strayed (Reese Witherspoon) sets out alone on the Pacific Crest Trail in 1995, aiming to walk a thousand miles with a pack far too heavy for her. Her life has come apart, and the hike is how she means to start over. Jean-Marc Vallée cuts between the trail and flashes of her past, so memories break in on the walking the way they do in a person's head.