All the Wilderness (2014)

A restless teenager explores the wilderness of his city while struggling with the absence of his father.

Director:

Michael Johnson

Writer:

Michael Johnson

Stars:

Evan Ross, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Isabelle Fuhrman

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Evan Ross	...	Harmon
Kodi Smit-McPhee	...	James Charm
Isabelle Fuhrman	...	Val
Virginia Madsen	...	Abigail Charm
Danny DeVito	...	Dr. Pembry
Hannah Barefoot	...	Crystal
Pat Janowski	...	Carolyn
Brent Kublick	...	Black-Hooded Figure
Chase Offerle	...	Cory
Gilberto Martin del Campo	...	Gabe
Tabor Helton	...	William Charm
Jacob Block	...	Black hooded figure / passerby
Simos Kalivas	...	Homeless Transient
Charlie Howell	...	Young James
Castillo Morales	...	Shopkeeper

Storyline

James has shut himself off from his surroundings, falling into a world of imagination and darkness. Visits with his psychiatrist have proven unhelpful - though he takes a liking to fellow patient, Val. As James begins to rebel against his single mother, he ventures into the night where he meets a mysterious kid who welcomes him into an eccentric city. Relationships are put to the test as James navigates unfamiliar territory, wrestling with the reality of his own personal wilderness.

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Plot Keywords:

boy | teenage boy | drunken boy | therapist | swimming | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 February 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Wilderness of James

Filming Locations:

Portland, Oregon, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Super Crispy Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Isabelle Fuhrman and Evan Ross both appear in The Hunger Games Trilogy however they act in two different films. Isabelle in The Hunger Games and Evan In The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 & 2.

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Quotes

Abigail Charm: [from trailer] One of these days you're going to wake up and realize the world doesn't revolve around only you.

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Soundtracks

Quand Vas Tu Rentrer
Performed by Melody's Echo Chamber

User Reviews

We are all individuals

Director/writer Michael Johnson has offered a wonderful film about finding the 'self'.

Here we have James Charm with an obsession for dead things like birds, insect, and wilderness dwelling creatures and sketching their dead bodies into his journal. James also visits a therapist, reluctantly. There is something bothering James and we the viewer are kept in the dark until the end of the story as to what he is depressed about.

To find himself he sneaks out at night and goes into the inner city. This is James wilderness. We learn earlier in the story that his father told James about the wonders of the wilderness and that we all have some of that wilderness within us. James is looking for himself and there is one scene with his therapist (Danny DeVito) that is James awakening moment. He discovers he cannot ever know why his father .... He can only know about himself!

This is a sensitive movie wonderfully edited and filmed. I was particularly taken with how director Michael Johnson portrayed James inner demons. The story is about growing up and learning about the world we live in as opposed to the world within us.