75
In the hands of these two talented and well-matched actors, Into the Forest proves that this bond is powerful enough to sustain us.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
70
Screen International by David D'Arcy
It’s an inspiring story, acted with heart and grit by Paige and Wood, and film directed with adroitness by Rozema in a ruin of a set in the woods.
25
Slant Magazine by Diego Semerene
Essentially a post-apocalyptic telenovela, it sanitizes the concept of sisterhood, and even womanhood.
80
The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
Beautiful and sensitive to character but gripping when it needs to be.
58
The A.V. Club by Mike D'Angelo
Indeed, there are stretches of Into The Forest during which one could momentarily forget that it’s a survivalist tale at all… or even that it’s taking place in the middle of nowhere, for that matter. The essential becomes irrelevant.
40
Patricia Rozema’s drama doesn’t burrow deep into its end of world scenario.
58
Consequence of Sound by Randall Colburn
At its core, it’s a simple and triumphant tale of sisterhood, but with so much ladled on top of it it begins to feel as though it’s grasping for a grandeur it doesn’t need. Sometimes, even the most intense emotions can benefit from a light touch.
75
Wood and Page generate a believable, prickly sibling closeness in Rozema’s unhurried but harrowing micro-portrait of how easily civilization could crumble.
50
Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood are both superb in the lead roles, but Rozema’s emphasis on the primacy of family and nature exposes a deficit of visual and narrative imagination.