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

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

...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.

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

Sean Penn... har hittat sin regikarriärs finaste material i den magiska men tragiska historien om Christopher McCandless.