JHB
8Dec11
I second that.
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paulparadiis
28May12
I don't know if it's because i loved the book so much, or what, but i really loved the movie aswell. Great cast and beautiful to watch. And not at all as depressing as it looks in the first place...
Igor Leoni
15Apr12
Two human beings fighting the chaos and loneliness of the "almost" end of humanity. Realistic and touching. Above the average.
Justin Oakey
13Jan12
Ultra-realistic depiction of the end of humanity. A slow, harrowing journey through the final moments between a father and son during what seems to be the final moments of Earth. Technically, the film is incredibly well done. But it is emotionally that it is most triumphant. Deeply moving and tender without losing its bleak, nihilistic commentary on humanity.
Catarina Gomes
17Aug11
My psychology teacher and I used to discuss movies in regular basis. This one gave us plenty to talk about.
Jane Møller Larsen
24Jul11
One of the creepiest, extraordinary scary, must-see movies for a while; If you ever felt the fear of an animal hunting you down to eat you, then translate that fear into some fellow humans doing that (cannibalism sets in, civilization checks out). Mix that up with a complete void of meaning of your presence on earth, and you start to get closer to the syuzhet of this film. Don’t watch it alone, but do see!
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Jane Møller Larsen
17Feb12
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/jan/04/the-road-cormac-mccarthy-viggo-mortensen
liesbet vanessche
12Jul11
A really sad and depressing but good story. There doesn't happen much, but it's not boring. Good acting. I loved the cast, the boy looked so much like his mother.
Malkin
19Feb11
There are two questions this film raises: why live? and what's the difference between a good guy and a bad guy? The man, weak and afraid and haunted by memories, blurs the line over the course of the film and gradually its emphasis shifts from him - a kind of dying echo - to his son, the future, who he has taught to stay alive without ever explaining why.
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spartacula
22Dec10
i read the book long ago and recall not enjoying the manner it was written in... it was definately one of the better-film-than-book conversions... the cimematography was truely erie and the settings and wardrobe were authentic as hell... this is why i wouldn't want to survive a catastrophy of this magnitude... i'll be one of the first to run outside and inhale as deeply as i can!
Chris Jones
27Nov10
Like a Godspeed You! Black Emperor album given visual form. An aesthetic masterpiece.
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Manuel Bernardo
16Nov10
The Road is a novel driven by feeling and atmosphere rather than plot, noteworthy events being sparse throughout it - and while that made a great book under McCarthy's prose, creating a screenplay out of it must be a challenge. Given these circunstances, the result is satisfying, if not particulary great. The explanatory narration upset me but I understand it was the safest option to ilustrate the characters' mind.
Christopher Smith
25Sep10
Fairly accurate adaptation of McCarthy's of novel does a good job of capturing a prevailing atmosphere of post-apocalyptic bleakness through its impressive design and strong performances by Mortensen and Smith-McPhee. But despite some strong moments of tension and suspense, it falls flat in several instances of cloying sentimentality. Worth watching, but nothing extraordinary (similar to how I felt about the book).
rolandogilead
24Sep10
When I saw the trailer of this movie I knew something was wrong. This film doesn't make any justice to the masterpiece the novel is. But as a person said posts ago, this is simply the faithful adaptation we are ever going to see of one of the best novel of the past decade. Very sorry for Mr. McCarthy. Go f*cking read the book!
Minousch
21Sep10
Sometimes having read the book first is a burden when watching the adaption: I read about another child and saw another landscape in my imagination, so I couldn't help but compare. I didn't like the flashbacks (why Charlize Theron? Why so many flashbacks at all?) and I deeply missed the scene by the sea, but it's still a good movie. Viggo Mortensen and the cinematography made it worthwhile.
FailedImitator
15Sep10
I think it's as faithful an adaptation as we can get. But it's true, the writing in the book is on a whole other level of greatness.
businessfood
4Aug10
such a cliche, but very true here- not anywhere near as good as the book. unspeakable horrors are best left to the imagination- they immediately lose impact when they're made literal before our eyes onscreen. also, the film has a very closed off, sanitary feel- shots are composed more for beauty than any real deep meaning, and all of the sets look just like that- sets. i just expected more, given the talent involved.