A Walk In The Woods [DVD] [2015]

I have now watched this film several times and it still makes me laugh out loud each time. The only down side is the bad language and sexual content which is unnecessary and therefore makes it unsuitable for children who would have enjoyed the adventure.

I love this film,makes me laugh. If I'm feeling down I watch this film makes me feel good again.

The movie: Iowa born Bill Bryson (Robert Redford), author of travel, science, and various other Books, has returned to America after living in England for some years. He's now living in New Hampshire and while walking around his neighbourhood discovers a section of the 2,200 mile Appalachian Trail which spans the distance between Georgia and Maine, U.S.A. Having just attended a funeral, and perhaps feeling decidedly mortal, he decides he isn't quite done yet. He decides to walk the Trail. His wife, Catherine (Emma Thompson), worries he will die. Not easily put off, so Catherine insists he cannot go alone. Bill Bryson ends up on the Appalachian trail with the only person who will go with him: Stephen Katz (Nick Nolte), a man markedly out of shape, a womanising ex-alcoholic who's got a little secret about why he wants to go.Walk in the Woods (2015) is an uplifting, often hilarious adventure movie which is a fresh of breath air to watch. Needless to say, Bryson and Katz (who is said to be Matt Angerer in real life) are not prime examples of how to navigate the Appalachian Trail but what makes this film somewhat special to me is the rapport between the two aging (aged) buddies who are in some kind of geriatric denial. In reality, though, Bryson was only in his 40s when he headed for the hills. Although Bryson and Katz niggle at each other from time to time, they also reminisce. While I enjoyed Redford's performance (he'll be 80 this year), it was Nick Nolte's performance that won my applause. He gets better and better. There are, of course, breathtaking locations to be seen in this adventure movie, and the cinematography is wonderful, not least when Bryson and Katz stand upon a rock ledge overlooking an expansive wilderness. However, don't be fooled into thinking that this is a family movie as it involves strong language and sexual references.With regard to the DVD itself. The quality of the picture is so fine, so clear, and high def, and the sound so good, that I am glad I didn't fork out for a BluRay.

Feel good Gunn and uplifting movie

what can i say other than brillant film and acting, just wish i had the bottle to do this walk

The comedy a d relationship between the aging actors

Great film, Redford & Nolte make it a good watch.Two old men thinking they still have the strength and stamina of their younger selves begin to find out so much more of themselves and realise that they have reached their physical limits.We all think we can do what we used to do when we were younger.There comes a time when we all realise we can't. As long as we try but then accept it with grace.

To anyone watching this I'd say give the book a read. It's classic Bill Bryson, funny, quietly touching and really interesting with loads of content and facts about the Appalachian Trail and America in general. It made me want to walk it myself one day...or maybe not!The film is an enjoyable enough adaptation, mostly made watchable by Nick Nolte's spot on casting as Katz. He was the source of all the laugh out loud moments in the book and it's the same here. It's farcical and obvious at times but Nolte's winning performance makes up for it. He's so believable as a man in terrible shape, probably because he is in real life from the looks of him, but he has a great sense of comedic acting and he pulls off one or two quietly touching scenes with panache. A particular highlight is his description of life as a recovering alcoholic, and the whole that drinking has left in his life.On the flip side Redford is nowhere to be seen. I've not seen many of his films before to be honest, but he gives a strangely withdrawn and unlikeable performance as Bryson that doesn't feel authentic to the book.Anyway, worth a watch for a chuckle and to fill some time, and if it makes you pick up the book then it's well worth it.As an indicator of quality I'd give this three stars but I've bumped it to four because I watched it with my Mum and she was laughing her head off and it was nice experience to laugh along together.