Reese Witherspoon Isn't Nice or Wholesome in Wild, and That's What Makes It …

Wild also captivated Reese Witherspoon, who purchased the rights and portrays Strayed in the film version directed by Jean-Marc Vallée (Dallas Buyers Club), out on December 3. Novelist Nick Hornby signed on to write the screenplay after 

Buzz is already swirling around Reese Witherspoon's latest film, Wild, an adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's memoir about solo hiking the Pacific Crest Trail after her mother's death. While Witherspoon is best known for her bubbly rom-com characters, she's 

Wild also captivated Reese Witherspoon, who purchased the rights and portrays Strayed in the film version directed by Jean-Marc Vallée (Dallas Buyers Club), out on December 3. Novelist Nick Hornby signed on to write the screenplay after 

Wild also captivated Reese Witherspoon, who purchased the rights and portrays Strayed in the film version directed by Jean-Marc Vallée (Dallas Buyers Club), out on December 3. Novelist Nick Hornby signed on to write the screenplay after 

So when Strayed, played by Reese Witherspoon, asks if California will take her as she is, she's also asking us, the audience. Will we take this foul-mouthed, cheating, destructive woman who refuses to apologize for the ways in which her grief has