A Walk in the Woods (2015) | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

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On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 47%, based on 167 reviews, with an average rating of 5.50/10.

Some of these changes include the major age gap between the author and the actor portraying him, which was massive — Bryson was 44 when attempting the hike, while Redford was 79 when he filmed the movie. The events in A Walk in the Woods end after Bryson returns home, but it leaves out some important bits.

Yes, A Walk in the Woods is based on a true story and is an adaptation of Bill Bryson's eponymous memoir. He is a real-life travel writer who writes about his experiences of attempting to hike on the Appalachian Trail, and most of them have been mentioned in the book.

Few of us knew the church in an early scene is Saint Bridget Catholic Church in Sharon, Connecticut. Almost everyone, however, knew that the initial steps onto the Appalachian Trail by stars Robert Redford and Nick Nolte were taken at the Trail portal in Amicalola Falls State Park in Georgia.

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Worth sticking with for that, and to see Redford and Nolte spark off each other like the old pros they are. Fresh score. "A Walk in the Woods" makes you laugh and inspires you to reconnect with people and nature. It's truly a feel-good film.

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Robert Redford claimed that while he and Nick Nolte did not hike much of the Appalachian Trail during filming, they did walk miles per day in steps due to having to film shots of walking the same ground over and over for different takes.

Redford? Robert Redford: My relationship with Nick was very much in the film, it was organic, it was genuine. I see him as a friend and a colleague, and so if you saw that in the film, then I guess we succeeded.

Ultimately Bryson hiked about 40% of the trail. In the 21st century, about 25% of thru-hike attempts are successful. Bryson quotes the older figure of 10%. At the time of his attempt to hike the Appalachian Trail, Bryson was aged in his forties.

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There is no point in hurrying because you are not actually going anywhere. However far or long you plod, you are always in the same place: in the woods. It's where you were yesterday, where you will be tomorrow. The woods is one boundless singularity.

While most of the film locations are in Georgia near the southern end of the 2,174-mile trail, the biggest landmark in North Carolina that you'll see in the movie is Fontana Dam. We love to walk the AT across the top of the tallest dam in the eastern USA.

At the time of his hike, he was 44 years old. He wrote about his journey in A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, which was published in 1998. Redford was 79 when A Walk in the Woods was filmed, marking a significant departure from the true story.

Redford is mad about wild America and is a serious voice in conservation. It was natural then, that he should want to make a film based on A Walk in the Woods, the book Bryson wrote about his long trek. And it was also natural that he should want to take the role of Bryson himself.

To date, Leave No Trace holds the site's record, with a rating of 100% and 252 positive reviews.

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Be forewarned: There is an R-rated abundance of salty language, what with Bryson prone to expressing what a bear does in the woods and Katz's committed embrace of the F-word, as well as non-explicit frisky business implied. Occasionally, Kwapis slips in a shot of scenic splendor as a reminder of where we are.

Language is the biggest issue, with frequent uses of "f--k" and "s--t," as well as strong sexual references/innuendo and stories of sexual exploits. An amorous couple kisses while driving a car, and she disappears below the seat to (it's implied) perform oral sex.