Jolene (2008)

Jolene: Directed by Dan Ireland. With Jessica Chastain, Frances Fisher, Rupert Friend, Dermot Mulroney. A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling cross-country experiencing life, love and heartbreak. Based on E.L. Doctorow’s story, “Jolene: A Life.”

“Iu0026#39;ve never felt the need to write a review on IMDb, but the few people who donu0026#39;t give this show a high rating seem to be the only ones writing reviews. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAlone is not so much a survival show as a psychology experiment. The contestants are dropped in a dangerous wilderness with just the barest necessities and left to their own devices. Besides having to find shelter, food, and drinkable water, they have to deal with being alone all the time for as long as they can stand. Some of you probably donu0026#39;t realize how hard it is to deal with loneliness. Just watch a prison show and see how people break down in solitary confinement. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe one thing they have for company is a little hand camera, and the contestants that last long enough really open up to it. The longer the season lasts the more they bare their soul for all to see. To me itu0026#39;s the most fascinating TV Iu0026#39;ve ever seen. It makes you appreciate your food, your home, and the people around you more, just by showing you were youu0026#39;d be without them.”