1 | * CareerResurrection: After a string of critically panned flops, Creator/ReeseWitherspoon found her career being steadily reduced to small supporting roles. ''Wild'' gave her back her leading status and got her an Oscar nomination. |
2 | * DuelingWorks: With ''Tracks'', also BasedOnATrueStory about a young woman taking a long trip by foot (starring Creator/MiaWasikowska), that came out a few months earlier. |
3 | * PlayingAgainstType: Witherspoon is usually known for her [[LargeHam hammy performances]] or roles in romantic comedies. Here, it's the most subdued she's ever been and it's certainly far from a romantic comedy, it's not even funny. |
4 | * RealLifeRelative[=/=]TimeshiftedActor: Cheryl Strayed's actual daughter, Bobbie Strayed Lindstrom, plays the young version of her mom. |
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