Wildlike

– Fourteen-year-old Mackenzie is sent to live with her uncle in Juneau when her mother can’t care fo..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.60 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 44 Minutes
Release Year:
2014
Wildlike (2014)

Fourteen-year-old Mackenzie is sent to live with her uncle in Juneau when her mother can’t care for her anymore. The living situation quickly takes a turn for the worse, and she runs away to rejoin her mother in Seattle. While on her dangerous journey of sleeping in cars and breaking into hotel rooms, she’s drawn to Rene, a lonesome backpacker looking for tranquility in the wilderness.

Producing Country:
USA
Filming Locations:

Wildlike (2014) - Trailer

Release Date:

25 Sep 2015

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Frank Hall Green

Writer:

Frank Hall Green

Main Actors:

Ella Purnell, Brian Geraghty, Diane Farr, Nolan Gerard Funk

Plot:

Mackenzie, a troubled but daring teenage girl, is sent by her struggling mother to live with her uncle in Juneau, Alaska. Although Uncle seems like a supportive caretaker and friend, the relationship turns and Mackenzie is forced to run. Trying to make her way back to Seattle alone to find her absent mother, Mackenzie only winds up deeper in the Alaskan interior. Lost and with no one else to turn to, she shadows a loner backpacker, Bartlett, an unlikely father figure with scars of his own. Together, they cross the wilderness and discover sanctuary in the last frontier.

Awards:

47 wins & 16 nominations.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.6/10
Metacritic:
74%