The Road

It is neither happy nor fun....it refuses to be gratuitous....However, the film perfectly captured the morbid, weary spirit of the book....Highly recommended for Post-apocalyptic film fans, but should be avoided by the squeamish or the sensitive.....a great visual in the book, but terrible for getting good performances out of actors..... ... Full Review

Everything about the film is just about perfect:....The effects, the acting, they'd all done their job too well.....Viggo Mortensen is predictably unpredictable and brilliant as the father desperately trying to live just.... ... Full Review

Thankfully Smit-McPhee's a good actor....it never crosses the line to betraying the father/son heart of the film.....Quint here with my thoughts on THE ROAD, which screened at the Telluride Film Festival along with a tribute to its star Viggo Mortensen.....The smaller characters in the film made me smile, especially Robert Duvall as the old traveler.... ... Full Review

Viggo Mortensen is excellent here....to give you a sense of the relentless, pervasive grimness of The Road --....it is uplifting , and the uplift is earned.....The Road may be the most profoundly optimistic and life-affirming film you will see this year.....The movie is a moving gesture of faith in our species..... ... Full Review

Rape and cannibalism are just two of the horrors of The Road....a sense that becomes overwhelming by the hopeless third act, despite the attempted relief of the final moments..... ... Full Review

At this point, it's far too easy and obvious to make the joke about what a "long road" it's been for John Hillcoat's adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel The Road to finally arrive in theaters. ... Full Article

(A typical scene of nuanced, intimate human drama from "2012") It's the end of the world as we know it, and America's moviegoers feel fine. " 2012 " raked in $65 million over the weekend by giving audiences what they... ... Full Article

Hollywood enters the holiday season with fewer tidings this year, but still bearing some intriguing gifts. A flagging economy and the writers strike of 2007 has left a dearth of new movies as studios scale back budgets and green-light movies... ... Full Article

D oomsday sagas have never been far from our collective American imagination, but they've rarely been closer. The end-of-the-world cult of 2012 (Mayan calendar, solar neutrinos, bad vibes from the planet "Nibiru," etc.) will only fatten its membership in the... ... Full Article

Verdict: No, director Lee Daniels' film about the horrific physical, emotional and sexual abuse heaped on an overweight, near-illiterate Harlem teen does not make for easy viewing. ... Full Article

Charlize Theron and Viggo Mortensen reflect on life at the American Film Institute's premiere of 'The Road' on Wednesday night in Los Angeles. Based on the Cormac McCarthy tale of a widower (Viggo) and his son ( Kodi Smit-McPhee ),... ... Full Article