A Walk in the Woods is based off of the book by Bill Bryson and indeed Robert Redford plays Bill in this movie who after a funeral decides to go and walk the Appalachian Trail but his wife (Emma Thompson) insists he not do it alone due to his old age so he calls up an old friend (Nick Nolte) who decides to go with him on one last adventure.
A Walk in the Woods is fun but probably a little forgettable once you've seen it and what makes it the fun watch it is is the chemistry between Redford and Nolte, the two of them play off each other like the old pros they are and Nolte in particular gets a lot of the film's best laughs.
But apart from them and the nice scenery the film is pretty straight forward in that "one last adventure before it's too late" vein and it's not all that a memorable one either, that doesn't make it bad but just another film you go and see and then file away once you've seen it never to return again.
When the film ended I turned to the lady next to me (who had read the book as I haven't) I asked what her thoughts were on the film and she said "Not as good as the book but it has some nice scenery") and I feel that will be the response to some for this movie, as for me well it was fun but forgettable, 2 out of 5.
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