The Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1975)

Sorry, this movie sucks

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Great Film overall

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Husband made me watch it, i was against it at first because it looked stupid but as I watched it, I didn't want it to end. I'm ready to try it with my 2 kids, they would love it and so would I. Too much technology and tv today that I don't get to appreciate how fun they are!

This is a feel-good, family movie of the television era of Little House on the Prairie. We watched a lot of crap back then and enjoyed it immensely. If you have no preconceived ideas of being thrilled and scared, and understand that this is a movie pushing why so many of us 'up and left' society and joined communes and built squat toilets escaping from the 'burbs'. My 11 year old thoroughly enjoyed it, though she too could see through it (and also see the microphone in heaps of scenes - delightful). We will now watch the second one and be just as delighted, entertained and taken back to a simpler time. Not just in the movie, but remembering the seventies in general.

First off, I am very fond of these movies. They remind me of my childhood and how much I love the outdoors. These movies aren't stellar, Oscar types, but, hey, they work when you want young children to see different animals and people who want a better quality of life. Although the action scenes may startle young ones ( they probably WON'T with all the stuff they see in the "movies" today). And, yes, the movies DON'T show all the important stuff (like how they knew how to build a cabin, etc) but it's a MOVIE, not REAL LIFE. If you want REALITY, I would strongly suggest you watch PBS's "Frontier House". That was GREAT and it CHALLENGED 3 families to live an 1883 lifestyle. No easy way out here, folks! These people were REALLY doing it. Otherwise, I will ALWAYS cherish these movies and when I have children of my own, share them with them.

This family moves to the wilderness to help their sick daughter and get away from the pressures of the city. But with the daughter being chased by savage animals (twice!) and dangers like cougars, avalanches, bears, rapids, etc., the city starts to look like a better place to live!There is some unconscious sexism that's laughable as well. The father, who has a very young son and a daughter older by several years, decides to go out moose hunting. Guess who he takes? Right - the young son! Kids might like this movie, but adults will find it slow going, with no real story and the same kind of scenes happening over and over and over...