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2 December 2009 (France)
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In a moment the world changed forever.
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A post-apocalyptic tale of a man and his son trying to survive by any means possible. full summary | full synopsis
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4 nominations
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Review: ‘The Road’ is one of the best adaptations in recent years
(From Reel Loop. 15 December 2009, 4:34 AM, PST)
Charlize Theron keeps it clean for her art
(From Monsters and Critics. 15 December 2009, 2:52 AM, PST)
(From Reel Loop. 15 December 2009, 4:34 AM, PST)
Charlize Theron keeps it clean for her art
(From Monsters and Critics. 15 December 2009, 2:52 AM, PST)
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A Near Flawless Adaptation
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Viggo Mortensen | ... | Man | |
| Kodi Smit-McPhee | ... | Boy | |
| Robert Duvall | ... | Old Man | |
| Guy Pearce | ... | Veteran | |
| Molly Parker | ... | Motherly Woman | |
| Michael K. Williams | ... | The Thief (as Michael Kenneth Williams) | |
| Garret Dillahunt | ... | Gang Member | |
| Charlize Theron | ... | Woman | |
| Bob Jennings | ... | Bearded Man | |
| Agnes Herrmann | ... | Archer's Woman | |
| Buddy Sosthand | ... | Archer | |
| Kirk Brown | ... | Bearded Face | |
| Jack Erdie | ... | Bearded Man #2 | |
| David August Lindauer | ... | Man On Mattress | |
| Gina Preciado | ... | Well Fed Woman |
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Rated R for some violence, disturbing images and language.
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111 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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USA:R (certificate #44940) |
Finland:K-15 |
Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) |
Ireland:16 |
UK:15 |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) |
Canada:13+ (Quebec)
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An apparent CGI aerial shot in this movie, also used in the trailer, is a digital rendering of a scene of actual destruction from Hurricane Katrina in Empire, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. The shot shows large twin boats washed up onto a highway in front of a bridge over the Empire Lock on LA state highway 23. In the movie rendering, a large city skyline is added on the horizon, whereas in the normal view, there would only be the rural peninsula of Plaquemines Parish.
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John Hillcoat's adaptation of Cormac McCarty's Pulitzer prize-winning novel "The Road" is every bit the uncompromising, bleak, and gritty masterpiece I hoped for.
Mortensen and McPhee deliver Oscar-caliber performances. Hillcoat's direction is deft and patient. The hollow visuals are stunning. The cinematography and art direction are near perfect. The score is beautifully haunting. The imagery is horrific yet strangely beautiful.
McCarthy's prose is unyielding from start to heartbreaking finish. Yet Hillcoat is equal to the task; he follows up McCarthy's literary masterpiece with a motion picture near-masterpiece of his own.
The most engaging part of "The Road" is that it is unrelenting in challenging our ideas about what humanity and civility stand for, and what it would mean for those principles to suddenly leave us.
"The Road" is one of the best films of 2009. No hyperbole.