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The Road (2009)
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Summary: A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there.
Country: USA
Directed By: John Hillcoat
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na ColonelTigh
93
T7
na areels
40
T3
na diffeomorph
70
T4
na m.khalili
82
T9
na Lalus
81
T9
na zubel
78
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na Golfingdanls
9
T10
na whitelighter
63
T6
na Veib
90
T10
na sharkeyj1
100
T6
na meredull
84
T9
na sennur
95
T10
na malinowski
55
T8
na Koalafish
60
T3
na bakcheia
81
T8
na naviniea
56
T4
na pcalado
30
T7
na Crooky
70
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na Leercrak
98
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na decathect
3
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na fatmouse
85
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na tummidge
80
T6
na daggaz
70
T9
na lostpilot
40
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na GimpChimp
59
T4
na otsaloma
50
T2
na Storchcom
84
T7
na Nanera
97
T10
na cruelclown
87
T9
Great acting, great set design. Very intimate and moving.
na ArmondWhite
1
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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?
na meduolis
72
T5
na grodrig1
86
T7
na hansmuller
78
T3
na milkmate
75
T7
na dimarinski
10
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na ednorog
75
T5
na ImJacksName
70
T7
na dantes
80
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na ChristianDK
92
T9
na Zen Lunatic
74
T4
na t00zas
70
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na munqeeshynes
85
T9
na MVBDX
78
T4
na Harmonica
77
T6
na gunes
83
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na stojke.igor
50
T6
na antonydeniz
77
T8
na tiagobdonoso
83
T6
na alacienputa
81
T6
na jedivampire
85
T6
na apleien
67
T4
A missed opportunity if there ever was one, 'The Road' pales in comparison to Cormac McCarthy's masterpiece novel.
na Treeship
76
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na conundrum
60
T4
na sidehacker
78
T8
na wiliscool
95
T9
na teecee
57
T9
Lidt lang i spyttet af og til, men en fremragende pręsentation af en apokalyptisk fremtid.
na Antares
85
T10
na Greg K
68
T8
na cemkolukisa
80
T8
na black187
88
T9
na dsturek
80
T8
na GillSolo
95
T10
A severe and devastating film. It holds magnificence among End of the World movies in that it lacks an ounce of hope and happiness, an explanation for why the world has crumbled is never given, and instead of robust bad-asses kicking ass, we follow a sick and deteriorating man and his son, who are simply named Man and Boy. John Hillcoat has wonderfully adapted this film from Cormac Mccarthy's agonizing novel. Much respect for Kodi Smit-McPhee for a master-full performance.
na chrissylove
92
T8
na phaedrus
70
T8
Bleak but heart-warming. That's only half-true.
na cdalepirate
95
T10
na movienerd83
87
T7
na sebasbuchner
85
T9
na Judo Koala
75
T7
na ramco1905
75
T3
na Mooe
85
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na cwinds
89
T9
na nanofish
87
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na hannabelle88
60
T5
na brodiemcleet
71
T5
na Prism
75
T7
na whatismyname
70
T8
There's just something about apocalyptic films that piques my interest and this worked in all angles. The mystery, the bleakness, scenery, all of it worked to create the right mood for this type of film.
na Tjekhov
70
T7
na Empire
4
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na _Zaphod
95
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na vwgregov
75
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na kilink
98
T6
na lancaster
83
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na ToeAndno
60
T3
na Amember
8
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na HobbesZ
75
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na adreena
76
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na rubybliels
80
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na nunstrangler
43
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Mortensen is haunted and determined and Smit-McPhee convincingly acts fearful and stunned. It's relentlessly grim (although how could it not be?), with limited dialogue, and the appropriately scorched and desolate look but it's also emotionally distancing and as much of a slog as the duo's walk itself.
na siavashj
17
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na Warr
84
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na Cantankerous
5
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na saskuaxe
89
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na Snazz
30
T1
It bored me
na legolas10
82
T9
na likeblues146
72
T6
na Cobber55
50
T4
I'm a fan of Viggo but this film disappoints. There are some serious flaws in the script. Obviously bleak. I guess the actors do the best with what they have to work with.
na theparaiba
80
T8
na mistersplice
70
T7
7- recommended, good
na Mekka
90
T10
na underdogs
90
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na alev
76
T6
na cronick
68
T2
na pstrauss
74
T4
na lebnof
66
T8
na 3Names
50
T2
Just read my review for THE ROAD TO PERDITION...
na Potzblitz
85
T5
na Darren
76
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na jdoublep
85
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na AVclub
7
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na navi
75
T9
na dhmee
75
T3
na lachyc
61
T6
na ledfloyd
60
T3
na samhall
85
T10
na rthornhill
77
T2
aka: i'm stuck with this kid........ date viewed: 6/17/10 pros: viggo cons: annoying bratty kid, dull ending, underdeveloped secondary characters... verdict: not recommended.
na Magicpaul
98
T10
Brilliant acting by all (especially Michael K. Williams short bit), however having read the book, felt that the flashbacks were too numerous.
na BOOGIEMAN
59
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na KristianV
80
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na fenixdown
76
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na eksero
72
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na vlargus
84
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na VepsoO
72
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na hubies
72
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na Regehr215
82
T9
na TAYLOR-MANIA
90
T8
na 013.pcr
70
T5
na toytronicaz
68
T5
na allisoncm
0
T1
One of the worst films I've seen in my life. Why did Charlize Theron have to whisper her dialogue and why did this hopeless situation just get stupider by the second? SPOILER: I hope the cannibals ate the little boy at the end.
na sewerserpent
91
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na bkp
80
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na strangelime
90
T8
na Boz0r
76
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na trung_
60
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na jackk
76
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na semiotic
74
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na poltergeist
50
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na giggs
87
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na jhsoby
83
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na hmmm
85
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na Hhitech
60
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na JEMN
80
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na greensoda
90
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na arirang
77
T3
na markgreg
70
T6
na lustforlife
89
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na jasondelta
80
T6
na ruoja
60
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na trougnouf
50
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na adouble
72
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na Only_Sony
46
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na turbik
90
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na d_realword
82
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na pompousass
20
T6
A post-apocalyptic road movie of a man, a boy, a gray wasteland, and roving bands of ragtag cannibals whom Mad Max would have blown away with a sneeze. Naturalistic science fiction, it amounts to an anti-2012 (careful what you wish for) from the maker of the Australian anti-Western, The Proposition, Hillcoat, a small-scale spectacle of unrelieved grimness and gloom, short on characters, thin in incident, thick with sallow grimy hairy closeups
na Leif
74
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na rfullen
90
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na verbal
78
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na cmcgrew87
93
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na CMQuinn
9
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na julianfercsa
40
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na panzerwolf
77
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Wow, thanks. Now I'm fucking depressed.
na IMDb-byvotes
75
T8
na gimmefiction
70
T6
na monkeyflip
75
T8
na alper11187
85
T8
na smoonhail
100
T9
na nikolajrh
85
T10
na cussot
82
T7
What does it say that I watched this film thinking, "Isn't that the same colour scheme as my living room?" Maybe that's why I liked it. And it's not a thriller - it's a chiller. Kind of like life.
na Fritz Gibi
75
T6
na donovant
90
T6
na corruptelite
64
T6
na Adam Voigt
76
T9
na Jonzi
79
T7
na michaelwsf
85
T5
na jacub82
89
T10
na redpatriot
87
T9
Very bleak, but well done. This is a hard film to grade - it's so well done, but it feels like it's very one-dimensional. This, I think, is just the limit set by the plot, and not the fault of the cast or director. There's just only so much you can do with the story at hand.
na evrana
73
T6
A sad and harrowing story, it is a pity that it came within the "post-apocalyptic setting boom", that has downgraded its worth. There were some chilling moments ad some great photography selections, which counterbalanced the dullness of the environment. Mortensen was scary thin and looked like Rasputin on the run. No plausible explanation of what has happened tainted the movie a bit, it might be argued that that was not the point; but a point in a movie about pointlessness would be reinforcing.
na vj_otario
90
T8
na mynameisdoug
70
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na FakeIdentity
70
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na simplicio
90
T10
Absolutely beautiful, elegiac meditation on parenthood. There's little substance to the plotting (as it should be; inexorable decay is anything but exciting), but every one of the actors locked into their performances to make it all work; the leads are perfect. The world built here is sparse, thoroughly hostile, with the only missteps being a single shot that shows too much, and an overuse of sentiment in flashbacks and score. Would I have understood it before my daughter was born? Probably not.
na orium
77
T4
na Squin
85
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na Voodoo
70
T4
na philivan
79
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na seventhart
70
T6
na Luna6ix
81
T8
it's pulled off pretty well and is a great movie, but it's a bit slow at times and i'd argue, almost too gray.
na WuGambino
80
T8
na brunoathaide
80
T4
na tajnonimowy
85
T6
na nrm5
46
T3
na omgramona
90
T4
na JimboTCB
75
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na Solid Snake
59
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na Yohen
60
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na Mohko
75
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na sapincher
75
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na Bojangles
80
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I didn't see this initially because the trailer made it look so awful, but Hillcoat actually brought it to the screen masterfully. Viggo is great, but not quite stoic enough. This may be because most of the one/two word dialogue exchanges from the source material are replaced with slighty wordier, more 'movie-like' dialogue. The music gives many of the scenes the kind of sentimental feel that movie goers of the high-class cerebral persuasion seem to hate. I loved it, manipulation and all.
na Vang30
97
T10
na BadSmile
70
T8
na Marston
80
T8
The Road is one of my all time favourite films. I wonder if any other actor would have been able to pull of what Mortensen did in this film. The way the film is directed makes you feel for the characters, much more so than in other post-apocalyptic films. The art direction and the use of colour also help quite a bit, strengthening the post-apocalyptic feel, but at the same time tapping in to our human emotions, making us ask the question "How would I survive, behave, act in such a gruesome world
na RadioFreeLee
81
T6
na mohan
68
T1
Has lots of potential but not completely realized. Its disappointing that the major source of excitement/horror revolves around cannibalism. Other issues are not given the same kind of treatment. The leading actor's acting is good, but its like Tom hank's 'cast away' good - you realize the actor is acting hard - which kind of defeats the goal. Lacks soul. Hated the kid. Charlize Theron seems uninterested / wasted.
na hghayoor
47
T1
na ichibansan
80
T7
na chaw
37
T4
na limlos
83
T8
na RedLantern91
50
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na 40holpet
78
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na NhanLa
83
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na pier
70
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na psim
81
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na 3rdman
6
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na Pigeon Army
90
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na jimmyshaker
73
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na Johnny6Gun
60
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na alohim
80
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na vmboudreau
50
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na Touffifou
86
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na Pedlya
90
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na jdbreit
68
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na Coi
66
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na Riel
71
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na ANorthSiderA
76
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na Vmfs
7
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na Sondergaard
70
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na burak88
94
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na escano777
16
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na clusterfunk
90
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na uhuher
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na LiquidAnger
84
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na zeejaygee
78
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na dmk
68
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na cncnmovies
80
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na rbf451
75
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na fincherking
95
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na jordanlige
100
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na Exaybachay
80
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na jakedoo
70
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na nblock
80
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na silviox
85
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na chorume
60
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na Hamburger
84
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na nosyparker
65
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na ranapax
72
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na Minjo
73
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na candichi99
80
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na jsopanen
52
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na jaytoast
70
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na Cameron262
76
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na mausi-masya
93
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