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hauntingly bleak landscape and depressing atmosphere juxtaposed with the naive innocence of a child, the road tries to tell an evergreen tale of familial bonds. the movie is light on story and instead it chooses to focus on the connection between the kid and the father, brilliantly performed by viggo mortensen. their journey is as much a struggle for survival as it a struggle to keep their humanity. but this also means whether you'll enjoy the movie entirely depends on whether you connect with the 2 lead characters. i liked the movie and appreciate what kind of narrative it tried weave but... read
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john hillcoat's adaptation of the post-apocalyptic novel by no country for old men author cormac mccarthy had a fair amount of trouble finding a release date or a wide number of theaters from the weinstein company. this is unfortunate but somewhat understandable, as the road is a brutal, unrelenting and top notch film. viggo mortenson and kodi smit-mcphee are exceptional as a man and his son wandering through a barren world after a global disaster, where food is nearly impossible to find and much of mankind has taken to cannibalism in order to survive. the script by joe penhall is very read
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the world has gone under an unknown (i guess) apocalypse. a man and his son -their names are not mentioned- go on a road to find some people to live and convince themselves that there could be life on earth. of course, there are bandits. in the ending, the father dies and the boy finds a new family. read
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