All the Wilderness

2014 drama film directed by Michael Johnson
  • March 9, 2014 (2014-03-09) (South by Southwest)
  • February 20, 2015 (2015-02-20) (United States)
Running time
85 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

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.

Premise

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.

Cast

  • Kodi Smit-McPhee as James Charm
  • Virginia Madsen as Abigail Charm, James's widowed mother
  • Isabelle Fuhrman as Val, James's love interest
  • Evan Ross as Harmon, James's best friend
  • Danny DeVito as Dr. Pembry, James's dean of students
  • Hannah Barefoot as Crystal
  • Pat Janowski as Carolyn
  • Tabor Helton as William Charm, James's late father

Production

Filming took place in Portland, Oregon.[1]

Release

The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 9, 2014.[2] On November 4, 2014, Screen Media Films acquired distribution rights to the film.[3] The film was released in the United States on February 20, 2015.[4]

Reception

All the Wilderness received 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.[5] On Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100, the film has a score of 54 based on 11 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[6]

References

  1. ^ Baker, Jeff (February 16, 2015). "'All the Wilderness,' made-in-Portland movie with Danny DeVito and Kodi Smit-McPhee, opens Feb. 20". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  2. ^ John DeFore. "The Wilderness of James: SXSW Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  3. ^ Zack Sharf (4 November 2014). "Screen Media Films Acquires SXSW Entry 'All The Wildernes - Indiewire". Indiewire. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  4. ^ "All the Wilderness Trailer With Kodi Smit-McPhee and Danny DeVito". Collider. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  5. ^ "All The Wilderness (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  6. ^ "All the Wilderness Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 11 October 2019.

External links

  • All the Wilderness at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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