By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Frank Hall Green
Starring: Ann Dowd | Brian Geraghty | Bruce Greenwood | Diane Farr | Ella Purnell | Joshua Leonard | Nolan Gerard Funk
Country: united_states
Year: 2015
Running time: 104
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2204080/reference
Michael says: “Bruce Greenwood is one of those unique actors with leading man characteristics and character actor chops. Some of his most memorable roles are star turns in such top-notch films as THE SWEET HEREAFTER and MEEK’S CROSSING, but his characters are far from the idyllic romantic hero. In WILDLIKE, Greenwood continues that pattern, softening the character aspects, and capitalizing on his age to take on a strong fatherly point-of-view, albeit reluctantly. As a widower, still mourning for the loss of his wife a year earlier, Greenwood plays a man seeking solitary time on a hike in Alaska. When he finds himself saddled with a teenage girl who is running away from neglect and potential abuse from family, he is at first frustrated, before empathetically reaching out as a protector and father-figure. Greenwood effortlessly portrays the subtle kaleidoscope of emotions burbling beneath a typically male, stoic surface with skill and heart. 4 cats“