Into the Forest

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Into the Forest

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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

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

Mar 4, 2019

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

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

Rated: 4/5

Dec 27, 2016

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Laura Kern

Film Comment Magazine

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.

Sep 6, 2016

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Louisa Moore

Screen Zealots

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

Rated: 3/5

Dec 20, 2018

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Frank Ochieng

SF Crowsnest

...[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.

Rated: 3/4

Nov 9, 2018

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Jacob Oller

Vague Visages

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

Aug 27, 2018

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Eric S

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.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/28/25

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Jonathan K

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.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/13/25

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The Dry T

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

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/28/25

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Me A

The movie was just "ok"... The sisters had incredibly bad juju. However, the ending took me over the edge...made absolutely no sense. Definitely not my fav in the apocalyptic genre.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/11/25

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Hugo S

"Into The Forest" follows two sisters surviving an apocalyptic world in their secluded forest house. Amidst the turmoil of events, we see both sisters going through a series of challenges that put their friendship into the test. A low-budget movie with plenty of substance and tenderness!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/05/24

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Anthony P

I have never seen any two people have so many problems in their lives. The movie attempts unsuccessfully to pull at heart strings and I'm not impressed. A average, completely forgettable movie.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

08/22/24

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Nell

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Max Minghella

Eli

Callum Keith Rennie

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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)

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