The Dark Divide

Name: The Dark Divide
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Comedy
Released: September 18, 2020
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 78
Cast: Ayanna Berkshire, Brian Adrian Koch, Cameron Esposito, David Cross, David Koechner

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Strike Back Studios | Release Date: September 18, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Ayanna Berkshire, Brian Adrian Koch, Cameron Esposito, David Cross, David Koechner, Debra Messing, Gary Farmer, Kimberly Guerrero, Olivia Ritchie, Peyton Dilweg, Shelly Lipkin, Tony Doupe

Summary: The Dark Divide is based on the true story of renowned butterfly expert Dr. Robert Pyle’s (David Cross) perilous 1995 journey across one of America’s largest undeveloped wildlands. At the urging of his dying wife Thea (Debra Messing), the shy author finds himself in over his head on an epic, life-changing expedition through Washington’sThe Dark Divide is based on the true story of renowned butterfly expert Dr. Robert Pyle’s (David Cross) perilous 1995 journey across one of America’s largest undeveloped wildlands. At the urging of his dying wife Thea (Debra Messing), the shy author finds himself in over his head on an epic, life-changing expedition through Washington’s Gifford Pinchot National Forest in search of new species of butterflies. Over the course of his six-week adventure Pyle battles self-doubt, the grueling trail, and the people and creatures who call this forest home. And, somewhere deep in the heart of The Dark Divide, he makes a discovery that challenges everything he knows about the natural world. … Expand

Director: Tom Putnam

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Horror, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 107 min

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Richard Whittaker

Sep 18, 2020

A beautiful, quiet, lyrical, funny wilderness trip, a meditation on loss and picking up the pieces, and the most perfectly poignant performance of David Cross' acting career, all based on the best-selling autobiography of a leading lepidopterist (butterfly expert, to you and me). Read full review

Frank Scheck

Sep 18, 2020

The gorgeous and often forbidding scenery (there's a harrowing episode set in an underground lava tunnel) should provide a visual balm to those suffering the claustrophobic effects of quarantining. The terrific music score, featuring numerous contributions by The Avett Brothers, feels like a bonus. Read full review

Alex Saveliev

Sep 17, 2020

While the sequences involving Robert attempting to confront his dying wife are certainly heart-rending (perhaps a tad too forcefully), the movie’s most sublime moments happen in the present, when Putnam focuses on the man’s recovery. The bits where Robert encounters the insects he’s after are as magical and ephemeral as said butterflies. Read full review

Shaena Montanari

Sep 16, 2020

The Dark Divide will win over nature lovers with stunning visuals and an overarching message about the importance of conserving our unpredictable planet and relishing the beauty of exploring it. Read full review

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Brent_Marchant

Nov 12, 2020

When a lepidopterist who’s an expert in his field doesn’t personally know what it’s like to go through the kind of transformation that all of his butterfly subjects experience, he sets out on a wilderness journey that provides him with that very metamorphosis. Filmmaker Tom Putnam’sWhen a lepidopterist who’s an expert in his field doesn’t personally know what it’s like to go through the kind of transformation that all of his butterfly subjects experience, he sets out on a wilderness journey that provides him with that very metamorphosis. Filmmaker Tom Putnam’s fact-based story about the odyssey of Dr. Robert Pyle through one of the remotest wildlife areas in the country tells a tale encompassing a range of emotions, from laughter to tears to revelation, a picture highly reminiscent of films like director Jean-Marc Vallee’s “Wild” (2014). Though somewhat episodic at times, the overall narrative rings true to its mission and does so with beautiful cinematography, fine performances and an excellent score. When we all need to get on with our lives, stories like this give us a template to draw from so that we may all take flight.… Expand

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