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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.
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.
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.
How could anything so bleak be so promising?
You hang on to yourself for dear life, resisting belief as best you can in the face of powerful acting, persuasive filmmaking and the perversely compelling certainty that nothing will turn out all right.
Is the film too grim? Or not grim enough? In a perverse way, I fear it's both.
Unpleasant post-apocalyptic drama.
Hillcoat does his best, and for the most part, he succeeds. The horrifically desolate landscape and the drab greys and cobalt blues of the scarred sky pervade every shot.
Una película agobiante, notablemente realizada y narrada. Tan dura y desoladora como el futuro posible que describe.
This is a tough road to follow
Without watering down Cormac McCarthy's hangman prose, John Hillcoat's adaptation transcended sad, gray apocalypse tropes to become an unexpectedly uplifting parable about faith, kindness and family at world's end.
...only half as traumatic as the Cormac McCarthy novel on which it's based - which of course means that it will still leave you a wreck.
Has an interesting thesis about morality and humanity, but lacks complexity in its approach.
"The images are searing, but there's little for Hillcoat to bat around besides endless agony. The Road is glacial and precise, but rarely offers the viewer something to chew on besides utter finality."
While identifying with characters in a bad situation is a movie must, drowning in their deep funk as much as they do, is a narrative no-no.
While identifying with characters in a bad situation is a movie must, drowning in their deep funk as much as they do, is a narrative no-no.
Shames most films with the audacity to consider themselves tearjerkers.
Um filme difícil e angustiante. (...) Mas, talvez mais surpreendente, representa uma experiência profundamente tocante.
A muddled vision, but one anchored by fiercely convicted performances by Viggo Mortensen and Robert Duvall and haunting camerawork by Javier Aguirresarobe.
Relentlessly bleak, but profound and in many ways beautiful, the voyage through The Road's utterly convincing wasteland is a raw, haunting experience but a rewarding one nonetheless.
In a post-Apocalypse world in which you can't tell the difference between good guys and bad guys, it's better to trust no one, and Man will do anything to protect Boy.
It's just a slow wander through wreckage, waiting for bad stuff to get worse.
The dull gray monotony of existence never looked as uninviting as it does in this film.
When the world goes Boom! I want Viggo Mortensen to be my dad. Who better to keep your spirits up in the hideous post-apocalyptic after life as pictured here?
The Road is a haunting portrait of what it means to be a parent.
Avoiding all the pit falls of the bleak genre, The Road is captivating and in the end inspiring, and though not a film for everyone, a great film for any who enjoy thoughtful, artful cinema.
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