Ben (Viggo Mortensen) lives with his wife and six young children, isolated from society deep in the forest of the Pacific Northwest. A devoted father, Ben dedicates his life to transforming his kids into extraordinary adults. He immerses them in an academically and physically rigorous environment and instills in them a rare and primal connection to the natural world.

When a tragedy strikes, the family is forced to leave their self-created paradise. Suddenly the children must face the excitement and the perils of an unfamiliar outside world, while Ben is compelled to reexamine his idea of what it means to be a parent.

Viggo Mortensen shines as the captain of this tribe in a fearless performance that is alternately playful and emotionally raw. Writer/director Matt Ross (28 HOTEL ROOMS), an accomplished actor himself, brings those skills to the table as evidenced by the fine ensemble work of his young cast. (Synopsis from the Sundance Film Festival)

“Writer-director Matt Ross creates a charmingly eccentric family dynamic for these outsiders… As an actor himself, Ross is unsurprisingly adept at working with actors, and the performances he elicits from his young actors are particularly noteworthy.” —Alonso Duralde, The Wrap 

“Trusting the integrity of the situation, Ross doesn’t run from the resulting sentimentality the way so many other directors do; nor does he undercut it with irony or sarcasm as has become the regrettable tendency in independent cinema...an experience that feels as luminous and enriching as practically every widescreen frame.” —Peter DeBruge, Variety 

“[It] delivers one of the most stinging rebukes to bolshevik utopians you can possibly hope to find in a Sundance festival overrun by people who fancy themselves opponents of the materialist capitalist hegemony… An amusing and useful cautionary tale.” —Kyle Smith, NY Post

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