Wildlike

Sep 25 2015 Not Rated 1h 44m
Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Fourteen-year-old Mackenzie is sent to live with her uncle in Juneau when her mother can’t care for her anymore. The living situation quickly takes a turn for the worse, and she runs away to rejoin her mother in Seattle. While on her dangerous journey of sleeping in cars and breaking into hotel rooms, she’s drawn to Rene, a lonesome backpacker looking for tranquility in the wilderness.

Plot

Mackenzie, a troubled but daring teenage girl, is sent by her struggling mother to live with her uncle in Juneau, Alaska. Although Uncle seems like a supportive caretaker and friend, the relationship turns and Mackenzie is forced to run. Trying to make her way back to Seattle alone to find her absent mother, Mackenzie only winds up deeper in the Alaskan interior. Lost and with no one else to turn to, she shadows a loner backpacker, Bartlett, an unlikely father figure with scars of his own. Together, they cross the wilderness and discover sanctuary in the last frontier.

Written by

Frank Hall Green

Directed by

Frank Hall Green

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Greenmachine Film, Tandem Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

51 wins & 17 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
5,592
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
74
Popularity
NA