Fresh
Hillcoat's movie is a resounding triumph. Stunning landscape photography sets the melancholy mood, and Nick Cave's wrenching score reinforces it. But it is the performances that ultimately hold the film together.
Tom Huddlestone, Time Out
The Road
In a moment, the world changed forever.
2009 · 1h 51m · R
Adventure, Drama
Directed by
John Hillcoat
Overview
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. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there.
Director and cast
- John Hillcoat Director
- Viggo Mortensen as Father
- Kodi Smit-McPhee as Boy
- Robert Duvall as Old Man - Eli
- Guy Pearce as Veteran
- Molly Parker as Friendly Woman
- Michael Kenneth Williams as The Thief (as Michael Kenneth Williams)
- Garret Dillahunt as Gang Member
- Charlize Theron as Mother
- Bob Jennings as Bearded Man
- Agnes Herrmann Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
74%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Hillcoat certainly provides the requisite seriousness, but what the movie lacks is an underlying sense of innocence, a sense that, however far humanity has sunk, there is at least some chance of rising again.
Sam Adams, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
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.
A.O. Scott, At the Movies
Fresh
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.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Fresh
How could anything so bleak be so promising?
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
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