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The Road (2009)

The Road
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Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron

From Cormac McCarthy, author of NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, comes the highly anticipated big screen adaptation of the beloved, best-selling and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, THE ROAD. Academy Award-nominee Viggo Mortensen leads an all-star cast featuring Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce and y... (read more)

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R, 1 hr. 59 min.
Directed by: John Hillcoat
Release Date: Nov 25, 2009

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3 hours ago
Awesome story about a father and son's relationship under extreme conditions.
7 hours ago
Mixed feeling about it. I think that it is very well done, very accurate in what they wanted to show, and very close to the original book. However, here we have 2 hours of despair, with very little hope. Even the end credits have no music, to keep th... (read more)
7 hours ago
I saw this movie and loved the way the man looks after his son and how his son became an adult that will also brings the world back to life and humanity... desarming, sad but absolutely beautiful...
7 hours ago
Nice movie. Funny! French poster is different and .. much better :)
8 hours ago
Malheureusement le film n'est pas à la hauteur du talent de Viggo Mortensen!!!

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8 days ago
A.O. Scott, At the Movies
It hits a few tinny, sentimental notes. Still, I admire the craft and conviction of this film, and I was impressed enough by the look and the performances to recommend that you see it.
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9 days ago
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
In this haunting portrait of America as no country for old men or young, Hillcoat -- through the artistry of Mortensen and Smit-McPhee -- carries the fire of our shared humanity and lets it burn bright and true.
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9 days ago
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
You hang on to yourself for dear life, resisting belief as best you can in the face of powerful acting, persuasive filmmaking and the perversely compelling certainty that nothing will turn out all right.
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9 days ago
Armond White, The New York Press
Great junk like Resident Evil and passable schlock like 28 Weeks Later have more skill and integrity. Why would anyone want to make -- or watch -- this Hillcoat/McCarthy desolation except to feel fashionably cynical?
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13 days ago
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
The most arresting aspect of The Road is just how fully the filmmakers have realized this bleak, blighted landscape of a modern society reduced to savagery.
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