This indie picture "Wendy and Lucy" has in some sense a close resemblance to "Into the Wild", yet her the lead character is not as fortunate nor does the character experience good bonding friendship along her journey of hardship as "Into the Wild" was more of a discovery film and the lead was a male gender. Still this film will have you feeling sorry for it's lead as it shows just how bad life can be for some people as obstacle after obstacle can come up along their journey of life.
Michelle Williams(in one of her most unattractive roles) is Wendy a young Indiana woman who's became a loner and drifter and she's set out on her own to start a new life and journey. Wendy has only two things left to live for that's her loving sidekick a dog named Lucy and it's her journey and dream to make it to Alaska and work at a fishery. Along the way she gets stuck in the Pacific Northwest as this is where the film starts to twist with hardship and it emotionally and vividly shows how a journey of life can be a struggle with uncertainty and loneliness. It all starts as Wendy who's already cash strapped and broke has her car break down, as she has to drift and search for help. Conflict is the norm along the way from her getting caught shoplifting to having a tough time fitting in and making friends with the townspeople. Then to top off all the trouble she's separated from her dog Lucy on the roadsides.
All from then on one can see from the direction that this film goes it shows that no matter how much you want a journey of escape, when your forced into a world of no income, friends, or transportation you fall into the limits of the world at hand and no one will feel the duty to help you in troubled times. Overall "Wendy and Lucy" is one of those films that you will leave feeling sympathetic for the lead character yet it will teach you a lesson that without resources and connections the journey of life and your traveling destination becomes harsh almost impossible and as you see in the films end before you reach your new discovery destination you most likely have to give up your most precious bonding friend. As in life during a travel of journey you learn every time you leave somewhere or someone.
Michelle Williams(in one of her most unattractive roles) is Wendy a young Indiana woman who's became a loner and drifter and she's set out on her own to start a new life and journey. Wendy has only two things left to live for that's her loving sidekick a dog named Lucy and it's her journey and dream to make it to Alaska and work at a fishery. Along the way she gets stuck in the Pacific Northwest as this is where the film starts to twist with hardship and it emotionally and vividly shows how a journey of life can be a struggle with uncertainty and loneliness. It all starts as Wendy who's already cash strapped and broke has her car break down, as she has to drift and search for help. Conflict is the norm along the way from her getting caught shoplifting to having a tough time fitting in and making friends with the townspeople. Then to top off all the trouble she's separated from her dog Lucy on the roadsides.
All from then on one can see from the direction that this film goes it shows that no matter how much you want a journey of escape, when your forced into a world of no income, friends, or transportation you fall into the limits of the world at hand and no one will feel the duty to help you in troubled times. Overall "Wendy and Lucy" is one of those films that you will leave feeling sympathetic for the lead character yet it will teach you a lesson that without resources and connections the journey of life and your traveling destination becomes harsh almost impossible and as you see in the films end before you reach your new discovery destination you most likely have to give up your most precious bonding friend. As in life during a travel of journey you learn every time you leave somewhere or someone.