** SPOILERS AHEAD **Despite what you may have heard, this is not a movie about a guy amputating his arm. This is a movie about a guy DECIDING to amputate his arm, which is totally different. The decision is, in fact, pretty hard. The actual amputation: pretty easy. (Don’t believe the hype. It’s not nearly as horrific as the squeamish press would have you believe. It’s much less gruesome than ER, Dexter, or The Walking Dead, for example.) James Franco is incredible as the lonely hiker in the tough pickle. The storytelling here is inspirational and life-affirming. Tough decisions await us all, and decisions define who we are, whether it’s cutting off a limb to survive, or never going hiking alone. It’s a simple human drama, and it’s absolutely worth seeing.
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