Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Stephanie There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

torstensonjohn This film is based on the 2006 novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy. It is a post-apocalyptic tale of a journey of a father and his young son over a period of several months, across the country decimated by an unspecified cataclysm that has destroyed most of civilization and, in the intervening years, almost all life on Earth. Most everything has perished, no animals, no crops, trees are dead and only a moderate number of humans are around. The novel was awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction in 2006. The book was adapted to a film of the same name in 2009, directed by John Hillcoat.The tale is of survival, the methodology behind the film is the fire we carry inside as human beings, AND the lengths they will go to survive. Viggo Mortenson's character slips us back in narration through the film. The story is bleak, the characters lost souls searching for the triumph of survival. Desolate, cringe worthy scenery and strong direction. The film may move rather slowly but it keeps you entertained by thought and visual cinematography. 9/10

Pjtaylor-96-138044 'The Road (2009)' is a relentlessly bleak post-apocalyptic tale of a man and his boy simply trying to survive. The narrative is unconventional, in the sense that there's no traditional antagonist or even any driving goals, which leads to a sometimes meandering experience that definitely feels more like a novel than a movie. Yet, even for its slow pace and uncompromisingly sombre tone, there's something undeniably human underlying the story and several sequences are nail-bitingly tense. The piece explores the need for morals in a desolate world, as well as the struggles of trying to raise a son within it, and is a compelling watch. 7/10

slamnati-jeti One of the best movies i ever seen. Maybe becouse i cancorrelate as father. What would i do in same conditions? Would i choose path of mother or father?? Would i loose hope or would i try to survive to protect my children and how far would i go to survive? why to ask that questions? Becouse this story is very probable!In the movie we neversee what happend and we dont see spetactular explosions, movie tells a human side at catastophic event. There is no "big"speaches in it (like Few good men), jut avarage man struggling to survive. And Viggo did that job excelent!

nilen-51573 I could not connect to this movie because I did not buy the story and the conflicts. There is a great focus on cannibalism and the lack of food, because everything is basically dead. I don't buy that basically everybody is driven to cannibalism. In the real world even in times of great need, the cases of cannibalism is very few. I don't think people give up and end it with suicide that often either. People tend to stick together in groups because that increases the chance of survival. No one in the film seems to be a survival expert in the movie, because I can see food everywhere in the forest.