A wide chemistry gap runs down the center of Continental Divide.
The film's set-up is an extended meet cute- a cigarette huffing Mike Royko type journalist hikes the Rockies to interview an eagle researcher while skirting the corrupt Chicago politicians he's exposed in his column. He's a hard nose city guy, she's an idealistic loner, he's out of shape and scared of forest critters, she's self sufficient and in touch with nature, what could they possibly have in common, etc.…