Taking A Hike Can be Comical – A Walk in the Woods Review

<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; medium&semi;">Directed by&colon; Ken Kwapis<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Starring&colon;<&sol;strong> <strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; medium&semi;">Robert Redford&comma; Nick Nolte&comma; Mary Steenburgen &amp&semi; Emma Thompson<&sol;span><&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"font-size&colon; medium&semi;"><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; medium&semi;"><strong>Genre&colon; Adventure&comma; Comedy&comma; Drama<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; medium&semi;"><strong>Strapline&colon;<em> &&num;8220&semi;When you push yourself to the edge&comma; the real fun begins&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wsite-content-title">In a nutshell&colon;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"paragraph"><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; medium&semi;">After spending two decades in England&comma; travel writer Bill Bryson returns to his native U&period;S&period; where he decides the best way to reconnect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail&period; <&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; medium&semi;">But while he had hoped it to be a trek of relaxation and tranquility&comma; it becomes something entirely different when his philandering&comma; former friend Stephen Katz joins him on the trip&period;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"paragraph"><strong>My thoughts&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"paragraph">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"paragraph">&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; medium&semi;">Produced and starring Robert Redford&comma; <em>A Walk in the Woods <&sol;em>sees the 79-year-old Hollywood legend return to the role of producer for the first time since 2012&&num;8217&semi;s <em>The Company You Keep&period; <&sol;em>Released as a non-competitive film as part of Redford&&num;8217&semi;s own Sundance Film Festival back in January of this year&comma; <&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; medium&semi;"><em>A Walk in the Woods <&sol;em>garnered mixed reviews from critics present&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; medium&semi;">I enjoyed <em>A Walk in the Woods<&sol;em>&comma; a very funny comedy with great chemistry between its main stars&period; Both Redford and Nolte both have genuine comic timing and work well off each other&period; There is a good upbeat vibe throughout the film with some really funny moments&comma; as a comedy it certainly succeeded&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; medium&semi;">Supporting Redford and Nolte is Emma Thompson as Redford&&num;8217&semi;s wife who is&comma; well&comma; Emma Thompson&comma; flawless at all she does&period; Mary Steenburgen also features but I was a little disappointed by the size of her role&comma; boiling down to at best an extended cameo as a Motel owner who puts up the intrepid explorers en route&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;91644" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-91644" style&equals;"width&colon; 750px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;09&sol;walk-in-the-woods-pic-1&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"wp-image-91644" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;09&sol;walk-in-the-woods-pic-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Walk in the Woods &sol; Broad Green Pictures" width&equals;"750" height&equals;"420" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-91644" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Walk in the Woods &sol; Broad Green Pictures<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"paragraph">&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; medium&semi;">The movie has an upbeat vibe as these grumpy old men make their way through the unforgiving Appalachian Trail&period; A high proportion of the jokes are aimed at old age and many&comma; if not all&comma; land well&period; Nolte especially shines as the bitter Katz&comma; a little more no holds barred than his slightly more restrained companion&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; medium&semi;">Another star of the movie is the scenery itself&comma; certainly greener than <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;the-blizzard-unravels&sol;">Everest<&sol;a>&comma;<&sol;em> but a sight for sore eyes all the same&period; Although a comedy&comma; <em>A Walk in the Woods<&sol;em> has as sobering of a feel as <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wild-movie-review&sol;">this year&&num;8217&semi;s <em>Wild<&sol;em><&sol;a> with Reese Witherspoon&period; I must also make a mention of the movies soundtrack&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s great with the inclusion of a nice mix of songs&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;91645" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-91645" style&equals;"width&colon; 750px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;09&sol;walk-in-the-woods-pic-3&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"wp-image-91645" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;09&sol;walk-in-the-woods-pic-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Walk in the Woods&sol; Broad Green Pictures" width&equals;"750" height&equals;"500" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-91645" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Walk in the Woods&sol; Broad Green Pictures<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"paragraph">&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; medium&semi;">Just like any movie&comma; <em>Walk in the Woods<&sol;em> is not without its issues&period; Given its source material&comma; and the fact it tells the story of two retired men on a hike&comma; the film has a fairly meandering pace&period; This is okay&comma; but as a movie it lacks any edge to it&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s simply a well acted gentle movie&period; Meanwhile&comma; Nick Nolte is quite hard to understand which takes away from the story&period; <&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; medium&semi;">I think it&&num;8217&semi;s fair to say that <em>A Walk in the Woods <&sol;em>will prove more popular with older audiences&comma; due to the age of its main stars and the reason behind many of the jokes and set pieces&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"paragraph">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"paragraph"><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; medium&semi;"><em>A Walk in the Woods <&sol;em>is an enjoyable backpacking comedy while Redford and Nolte share a great chemistry that fuels some genuinely funny moments&period; The scenery is stunning with a great soundtrack with solid performances from Thompson and Steenburgen&period; Though it lacks teeth and is little more meandering&comma; you could certainly do a lot worse than <em>A Walk in the Woods<&sol;em>&period; This month&period; Take my advice and as the strap line says&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Take a hike&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;