There are so few films made for the baby boomer and older generation that I usually see them all, just to encourage the people who make them. I enjoyed this movie very much. Beautiful landscapes, two old men, who are taking on a real challenge portrayed by two great actors. Much reflection about life's meaning and how to handle old age. All handled with a lot of humor. This is the second film I saw lately about somebody hiking long distances to sort out their lives. The other one was Wild with Reese Witherspoon. My personal dream would be to do something like this by bike. Biking is meditation for me. It is difficult to watch Robert Redford and not be puzzled by the fact that he is nearly eighty. Not that he does not look old, he does, but for his age he is incredibly fit and alert. I was a little bit unhappy about the fact that he was paired with Emma Thompson, who is in her fifties. That old Hollywood standard that the woman of a major star always has to be much younger is so tired. Probably Redford's character was supposed to be in his sixties, but he looks too old for that. Nick Nolte was nearly unrecognizable . He is in his mid-seventies. Whatever he did in his life, it shows. But he has not lost his acting skills in the process. So the two men easily carried the film together with the beautiful Appalachian trail.
Review of A Walk in the Woods
