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  • 2023
  • PG-13
  • Picturehouse
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2023
  • PG-13
  • Picturehouse
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary Wild Life follows conservationist Kris Tompkins on an epic, decades-spanning love story as wild as the landscapes she dedicated her life to protecting. After falling in love in mid-life, Kris and the outdoorsman and entrepreneur Doug Tompkins left behind the world of the massively successful outdoor brands they'd helped pioneer -- Patago...

  • 2023
  • PG-13
  • Picturehouse
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2023
  • PG-13
  • Picturehouse
  • 1 h 33 m

Wild Life

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary Wild Life follows conservationist Kris Tompkins on an epic, decades-spanning love story as wild as the landscapes she dedicated her life to protecting. After falling in love in mid-life, Kris and the outdoorsman and entrepreneur Doug Tompkins left behind the world of the massively successful outdoor brands they'd helped pioneer -- Patago...

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
67
78% Positive
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22% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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78% Positive
7 Reviews
22% Mixed
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80
Apr 21, 2023
The film is at once gently intimate and breathtakingly expansive in scope.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 14, 2023
While it has a personal touch of a love letter, this documentary is nonetheless the work of compassionate filmmakers who know any adventure when they see one.
By Nick Allen FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 11, 2023
Sidestepping thornier questions of optics and ownership, Wild Life ultimately takes the side of nature over politics, and most viewers will follow suit.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 16, 2023
It’s still beautiful to look at, but I most enjoyed Wild Life as a complicated procedural about land use (don’t expect to see that blurbed on a poster any time soon).
By Daniel Fienberg FULL REVIEW
67
Apr 25, 2023
While the altruistic nature of the Tompkins’ intentions finally swayed the hearts and minds of the country, a more thorough examination of this process (and all the lawyers involved) would have been welcomed. But this really isn’t a film that’s interested in that complexity.
By Josh Kupecki FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 13, 2023
Kris and Doug’s moving love story should be the emotional foundation of the documentary, but it’s edited in a bit too late. Paradoxically, however, we also crave more scenes of their individual transitions from bohemians to business titans.
By Amy Nicholson FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 13, 2023
Where Wild Life could have been a nuanced look into how wealth and ecology collide, instead it’s merely just a celebration of these rich people doing the “right thing” with their money. But who really pays?
By Esther Zuckerman FULL REVIEW

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Production Company BCD Travel, Little Monster Films, National Geographic Documentary Films, National Geographic
Release Date Apr 14, 2023
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline Love is a force of Nature.
Website https://therokuchannel.roku.com/details/52188f9c7c992652c6ab74f0ae934293/wild-life
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Awards

Sun Valley Film Festival, US
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Women's Image Network Awards
• 1 Nomination

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