The Road (2009)
| release date | November 25 2009 |
| studio | Dimension Films |
| director | John Hillcoat |
| writer | Joe Penhall, Cormac McCarthy |
| starring | Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall |
| trailer 1 | Trailer #1 |
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Weird that this movie doesn’t have a review on the site or by any users. I don’t know how it’s doing in the box office but I will say what everyone else is saying and that is that this bleak and almost hopeless movie is not for everyone. It stays about %85 true to the book and leaves out a couple scenes I wish they would have included but overall I loved it. I left the theater emotionally drained which is a similar feeling the book left me with.. Anyway, perfect thanksgiving movie.
The road is a dark and very powerful film.
Score: 8.5
Best movie of 2009 hands down. It’s dark,hopeless,touching,sad and terrifying all at once. It is a complete and down right shame that this movie did not receive a SINGLE Oscar nomination!!!
I liked Avatar yes…but between that movie and The Road it’s a no contest for the latter. Great movie all the way around.
This movie was good, I haven’t read the book (yet) so nothing to say on anything missing. Very emotional movie, the journey with the man/boy is intense. The whole movie is just filled with despair.
I really enjoyed movie. I read the book a while back and thought they did a good job of sticking to the story and not embellishing it too much. And the scenery was really well done.
Quite surprising piece of work.
Enjoyed a lot the rithm, the soft cruelty, put in a way it doesnt feel like killing is wrong, stealing either, it’s all about survival in harsh times. Impressive acting sometimes, unpredictable and twisted story, slow pacing, good photography, as I first said: surprising piece of work.
Anyone else bored to tears during this film? I found the characters unsympathetic and the film mostly insufferable. Some issues I had:
- So this unexplained catastrophe hits and wipes out oxygen-producing plant life, animals and most of the humans. So why did these humans survive? And survive for 10 years? With no signs of scurvy, rickets and the like?
- They come across a fully stocked bomb shelter which – presumably – should have weapons, ammo, medical supplies and food. And fully secure. Yet they inexplicably leave when they hear footsteps. Stupid. Why not wait it out there? But no, they take their shitty shopping cart and a few cans of corn and continue on their suicide mission.
- The father is a dolt and the whiny kid is obnoxiously annoying. Looks like he’s 11 and acts like he’s 5 or 6.
- Human farming. No way this happens in that situation. Why expend the energy feeding these malnourished scrubs? No, they’d eat the food themselves rather than bother trying to keep half-starved survivors that look like they’re two steps from starvation alive.
- the deus ex machina Hollywood ending
The list can go on but the bottom line is that it fell short….way short.
One of the Best Movies of 2009 – i watched this movie in AWE
it has been 3 days since i watched it and it still haunts me.- ( as mentioned below)-
I don’t think i would have stayed in the Fallout shelter either, its basically a hole in the ground with only one way out with the possibility of Cannibal Gangs finding the hatch. This is how i picture the end of Humanity. Stunning performances from all.
Why do we see Viggo’s ass in all of his movies? Decent film with a fantastic ending. Not one i’d really want to watch again but good for a one time watch.
I love post apocalyptic movies. A lot of fill in the blanks for yourself. The Road takes you on a realistic ride through the destruction of civilization. I thought we would see more “History of Violence” type action, but still entertaining. Viggo kicks ass!
All I can say is: More Cormac McCarthy movies. Keep ‘em coming.
Don’t watch this if you are depressed or anything. It’s not exactly uplifting.
“The Road” movie adaption deserves some sort of something for successfully translating the McCarthy epic to celluloid (or whatever the hell they use nowadays). Relentless in it’s mood of all-encompassing doom and desperation. There’s not another film quite like it.
To naysayers: It’s the journey, not the destination. The movie doesn’t look like much on the outside, but dig a little deeper and you will be justly rewarded.
Great acting, but the story is paper thin. Not much happens in this movie. Also, the depressing tone gets tiresome after half an hour. Has a few chilling moments, but you have to earn them.
I agree with rbk, Stupid movie…
good proformances and i liked the story
I loved this movie. Very dark atmosphere with great visual effects. Amazing cast that was portrayed in an absolutely great way.
Best film.
Not too bad of a movie but it could have been a lot better. I did like the ending though but the moviee wasnt for me.
YAWN… Wha, what? *wiping the spittle from my cheek* Whaddid I miss…?
not bad but a bit boring i just dont get why the kids mother walked into the snowstorm and just left with sweater on and never came back. poor kid had see people eating each other
Bad, bad movie, stupid, absurd, quite boring, with a story repeated thousands of times, does not include anything new except boring.
this is a beautifully written and directed story of a mans love for his son. the atmosphere is excellent. you never know what the cataclysm is, and your not supposed to know. it’s just there. Viggo is awesome in his role as the father. this movie follows the book very closely, but the book is still better. it can be slow at times but, this is an excellent movie that should have won numerous awards. i’m not sure why this movie is one this site, there is nothing about it that makes it horror. and this will sound gay, but, an event like the one in the movie could happen at any time. it could destroy all life as we know it. i guess that that would be pretty scary.
I thought “The Road” was going to be a love it or hate it film, but in fact, I think it was just OK. It has strengths and a couple of weaknesses but is overall a very well-made film with characters who we can care about and admire. It’s not a horror film but more of a horrific drama. Unfortunately there wasn’t enough element of horror for me.
It opens with Viggo (is that really a name?) giving us a Jo Brand style dead-pan narration of what’s going on over shots of a completely barren land with a grey sky and dark saturated colours. This basically sums up “The Road”. It does look beautiful (in the nicest possible way :S). The visuals are startling and very impressive, and some of the cinematography is really beautifully done. In fact, the whole film is directed very competently with an atmosphere drenche with dread but already running at a fairly long running time of 110mins I could’ve easily watched 30 minutes more, because it went very quickly and just didn’t feel as epic as it could’ve been.
I also think that it wasn’t depressing enough, I know that might sound mental but it did seem quite hopeful in the way the father and son still loved each other. The moment where they find the stash of food is one of the happiest moments I’ve ever seen which is OK, but it should’ve bneen much more depressing. The synopsis says that they stay clear of cannibals. Obviously I wasn’t expecting “Wrong Turn” or “The Hills Have Eyes” because otherwise the title for “The Road” would’ve been written in a bold typography, instead of a subtle times new roman, however, I would’ve liked to have seen more danger in there lives. I wanted to see them be captured by the cannibals and try to escape, it should’ve been more horrific and intense.
Also just an after-thought here but why was Guy Pearce on the billing when he was in it for about 1 minute at the end? Yet, the person who played the boy doesn’t even get a mention? Doesn’t make sense to me but anyway, the performances from Viggo (sorry I just can’t stop laughing at that name) and Kodi (not much better) were quite good and enjoyable. The film happily bobbles along at its own slow pace, which did suit it by the way, making it enjoyable but I didn’t drool over it.
I would probably watch “The Road” again if I was drunk enough, but I’m not going to watch it religiously. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t boring (it couldn’t of been if I wanted more!) But it could’ve been more exciting. However “The Road” is a very sweet film with capable performances an impressive atmosphere and beautiful directing. It’s worth a watch.
I think I love apocalypse movies because in the event of an apocalypse, I won’t have to worry about my scrawny retirement savings. All I would have to worry about is cleaning my rifles, counting my rounds, and scrounging for food, or eating people, whatever. At least I won’t be looking at living 30 years on 1 years worth of IRA. Now THAT’s an apocalypse!
This film does an excellent job of getting that bleak feeling going. The relationship between the father and the son and how they deal with the hellish world is really the focus of the film, and it covers this very well.
Mortensen is made for this role. Can you imagine him in a romantic comedy? NO! You won’t find any poor performances from the rest of the crew either, and the cinematography, while terribly consistent, is awesome.