Into the Forest

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Into the Forest

R

2016

1h 41m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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In the wilds of the Pacific Northwest, two sisters must fight for survival after an apocalyptic blackout leaves them without gas, water, electricity or cellphones.

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Critics Consensus

Into the Forest grounds its familiar apocalyptic framework with a relatable look at the bond between two sisters, compellingly brought to life by Elliot Page and Evan Rachel Wood.

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Manohla Dargis

New York Times

03/04/2019

The movie lacks urgency. The world may be burning; here, it barely simmers.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

12/27/2016

4/5

Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood are as impressively understated as the direction.

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Laura Kern

Film Comment Magazine

09/06/2016

Nell and Eva's relationship forms the heart of the film and, along with the fleeting moments of ecstasy they find in things previously taken for granted, their bond provides something of genuine beauty in a progressively bleak world.

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Louisa Moore

Screen Zealots

12/20/2018

3/5

An intensely bleak feminist-tinged apocalyptic tale of sisterly love and devotion taken to the extreme.

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Frank Ochieng

SF Crowsnest

11/09/2018

3/4

...[an] intimate, gripping and quietly thoughtful post-apocalyptic drama. Undoubtedly, Into The Forest marches into the wayward woods of darkness in what amounts to be a surreal, disastrous fairy tale tainted in psychological turmoil.

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Jacob Oller

Vague Visages

08/27/2018

For a feminist attempt to show two women leaning on each other, Into the Forest barely sketches them out.

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Michelle B

@RT61046311 Mar 11

Seriously, one of the worst movies I have seen. So far-fetched so unrealistic do not waste your time.

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Fat L

@Bonnie123 Feb 25

I'm being generous with the stars, because despite the stupidity of the two women in the middle of the end of the world, the acting was great and the plot is a good one. I mean are there really two people this stupid on earth? I certainly wouldn't want to survive with them. They chose no good decisions, wasted bullets, wasted food, wasted gas, didn't stick together. Just completely plain stupid. And to imply that they would somehow survive without conveniences is a complete joke.

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EDWARD M

@Eddit123 Feb 7

Wow what a waste of time

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Eric S

@RT04006549 Oct 28

Feel like watching two privileged white girls make countless stupid decisions for hours on end? Then tune in! You’ll love the random violent acts and unbelievably predictable accidents thrown in the mix just to annoy those left watching. The preview was edited well because it convinced my wife and I that we had to watch so my half star is for the preview. This movie is painfully bad. Don’t let the trailer and fairly high reviews fool you.

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Jonathan K

@aFIREintheattic 07/13/2025

Apparently the guy from The Handmaid’s Tale has an accent? Okay, gotta say up front that there’s a brutal scene here that I was not prepared for. For the rest of it, though... Evan Rachel Wood is absolutely killing it, as always. I didn’t really have much sense what the movie was going to be about going in. Major credit to the cinematographer on this one... Station Eleven! Max Richter’s score adds a really nice layer. I don't totally get the ending though, a bit confusing. Felt kind of like they didn’t know how to wrap it up. The motivation of the characters was unclear.

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The Dry T

@RT03991991 06/28/2025

It's really cool these sisters had something 99% of us never had.

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Synopsis

In the wilds of the Pacific Northwest, two sisters must fight for survival after an apocalyptic blackout leaves them without gas, water, electricity or cellphones.

Director: Patricia Rozema
Producer: Elliot Page, Niv Fichman, Aaron L. Gilbert
Screenwriter: Patricia Rozema
Distributor: A24
Production Co: Rhombus Media, BRON Studios
Rating: R (Language|A Scene of Violence|Rape|Some Sexuality/Nudity)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 29, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 10, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $6.4K
Runtime: 1h 41m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)