[1] Pyle, a lepidopterist, sets out on a 30-day trek through the Gifford Pinchot National Forest to document butterflies and moths following his wife’s terminal ovarian cancer diagnosis.
An inexperienced hiker, Pyle encounters challenges including frightening wildlife and getting lost in a cave.
When he completes the hike, taking far more days than he had expected to, he leaves the wilderness with a sense of accomplishment.
"[3] Writing for The Hollywood Reporter, critic Frank Scheck called the film "awfully entertaining" and praised Cross's "touching and funnily self-effacing turn.
"[1] The Austin Chronicle's Richard Whittaker praised the film as "a beautiful, quiet, lyrical, funny wilderness trip, a meditation on loss and picking up the pieces, and the most perfectly poignant performance of David Cross' acting career.