Erämaan armoille

Hirsch is perfect for the role, comfortably embodying that unswerving sense of self-conviction which accompanies youth...

There's a bittersweet quality to McCandless' story that Penn captures intuitively...

...tells the story of a 20-year-old college graduate who cashes in his law school fund and, in the words of Mark Twain, lights out for the territory.

...Penn has conjured up a beautifully acted, visually bracing film that captures all the romantic energy and freedom of a life spent outside the bounds of society...

...en fuldblods-roadmovie fra Guds eget land og en af de bedste af dem.