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25 November 2009 (USA)
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A post-apocalyptic tale of a man and his son trying to survive by any means possible. full summary | full synopsis
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1 nomination
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On Making The Road
(From Huffington Post. 25 November 2009, 7:57 AM, PST)
Viggo Mortensen's long and winding 'Road' to the Oscars?
(From Gold Derby. 25 November 2009, 7:36 AM, PST)
(From Huffington Post. 25 November 2009, 7:57 AM, PST)
Viggo Mortensen's long and winding 'Road' to the Oscars?
(From Gold Derby. 25 November 2009, 7:36 AM, PST)
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Ruined by an intrusive score
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| The Landmark | 11:40am | 12:50pm | 2:15 | 3:25 | 4:50 | 6:00 | 7:30 | 8:40 | 10:00 | (personalize) more |
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Viggo Mortensen | ... | Man |
 | Kodi Smit-McPhee | ... | Boy |
 | Robert Duvall | ... | Old Man |
 | Guy Pearce | ... | Veteran |
 | Molly Parker | ... | Motherly Woman |
| Michael K. Williams | ... | The Thief (as Michael Kenneth Williams) |
 | Garret Dillahunt | ... | Gang Member |
 | Charlize Theron | ... | Woman |
 | Bob Jennings | ... | Bearded Man |
| Agnes Herrmann | ... | Archer's Woman |
| Buddy Sosthand | ... | Archer |
 | Kirk Brown | ... | Bearded Face |
 | Jack Erdie | ... | Bearded Man #2 |
 | David August Lindauer | ... | Man On Mattress |
| Gina Preciado | ... | Well Fed Woman |
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Rated R for some violence, disturbing images and language.
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119 min
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Viggo Mortensen nearly turned down the role of Father, and took a long break from acting after finishing his part.
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I was expecting this to be a highlight of the London Film Festival, but I found it a little disappointing.
The production design can't be faulted - just about every scene looks as I imagined when reading the book, blasted CGI cityscapes used sparingly to situate real, local desolation redolent of '28 Days Later'. The performances were fine, the use of flashback effective, and the storytelling faithful. Why then did I find it strangely unmoving? Perhaps if I'd come without knowledge of the novel, I wouldn't have found the film too often an exercise in 'box-ticking' of major scenes, lacking real directorial vision. But I think I would still have found Joe Penhall's script rather reductive in its focus on the 'good guys'/'bad guys' dichotomy, as articulated by the boy - throughout, I always wanted to hear more of Viggo's voice-over instead. And I was irritated by the persistently intrusive music, so keen to tell me what to feel about each scene that my emotions rebelled into numbness. When a musical instrument is one of the key motifs dividing idyllic past from bleak present, it's all the more inappropriate to have an orchestra swelling with indiscriminate plangency over everything.
A visual triumph, then, and a passable précis for those who haven't read the book - but if you were hoping for a bold re-imagining of McCarthy's novel, you may find the film wanting.