All the Wilderness
Screen Media Films | Release Date: February 20, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Entertainment WeeklyJoe McGovernFeb 19, 2015
Yes, writer-director Michael Johnson cranks the Malick meter up to 11 in this sensitive coming-of-age drama. Read full review
70
Village VoicePete Vonder HaarFeb 17, 2015
In spite of the tatty "coming of age" familiarity, Johnson's vision seems fresh and vibrant. Read full review
67
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthFeb 19, 2015
All The Wilderness may ultimately be hindered by a narrow scope, but within that view, Johnson gets pretty much every detail right. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineChuck BowenFeb 15, 2015
The images gorgeously embody both the fear and the beauty of James's exploratory experiments with socialization. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanFeb 19, 2015
First-time writer/director Michael Johnson falls back on coming-of-age clichés. But overall, his sensitive, moody camerawork and the cast’s strong performances go a long way toward making the familiar feel fresh. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyFeb 19, 2015
All the Wilderness seems tailor-made to play to the actor's strengths — Johnson's script is as lean as Smit-McPhee, both proving adept at doing more with less. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaFeb 20, 2015
Ultimately amounts to a visually ambitious tone poem about the none-too-surprising caprices of male adolescence. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisFeb 19, 2015
Mr. Johnson doesn’t give fateful weight to the breadcrumbs that guide James forward. Glancing encounters and faltering conversations unfold lightly and with a visual seductiveness that the cinematographer, Adam Newport-Berra, crescendos in the film’s drifting, transformative middle section. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloFeb 18, 2015
Nothing even remotely wild touches this generic indie movie, which embraces every imaginable cliché in depicting the emotional travails of a sensitive kid in mourning. There isn’t a wolf in it, nor a fox, nor a hog, nor much of anything else. Maybe a chicken. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 18, 2015
Writer-director Michael Johnson covers a lot of familiarly morbid teen ground in All the Wilderness, a film with touches of “Ordinary People” and a hint of “Harold & Maude.” But touches and a hint aren’t enough to lift this morose movie into anything any of us need to see or hear to deepen our understanding of teen depression, grief and love. Read full review
40
The DissolveKate ErblandFeb 17, 2015
The stakes of All The Wilderness aren’t high, because Johnson never directs his attentions to the real issue at hand: James is ill, and gallivanting around Portland for a few nights isn’t going to fix that. Read full review
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