Reese Witherspoon undertakes an 1,100 mile walk following the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) that starts near the US Mexico border and follows the Sierra and Cascade Mountains. She does this to try and come to terms with her Mother's death, and we are treated to incessant flash-backs to her family life.
Quite why she embarked on the hike so woefully ill-prepared is another matter. She had the wrong-sized walking boots, the wrong fuel for her camp stove, a tent she had clearly never seen outside of its packaging, and tons of equipment she didn't need and wouldn't use.
One noteworthy item for my friend Bill, who works at REI in Houston, was the excellent service Witherspoon's character got when she called REI from a stop on the trail and they sent the correct pair of boots for her to pick up at her next stop.
Whether that single incident makes it worthwhile for anyone, including REI employees, to sit through this film is anybody's guess.
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