The Road (15)

I really dont get this kind of Apocolyptic Porn. All the performances were strong and the storyline has its chilling moments but i dont believe anyone who says they feel better leaving the cinema than when they went in after watching this. Too bleak

I agree with much of what everyone has said. Kylez - you're so right about the guy peeing against a tree. It's such a weird combo!Though I think maybe the mixture of civility and barbarism is central to what makes the cannibals so fucking freaky scary. They're like normal people... Whilst i did like the soundtrack, and i thought it was well placed as a warning - given the footage was so unflinching - i did at times find it intrusive like Constantine. This film is immensely depressing and at times harrowing in a very gory way. that does not in ANY way come across in the trailer. I went to see this with a killer hangover and it almost gave me a heart attack. I was expecting a mixture of Deep Impact and Homeward Bound. What i got was a combination of Schindler's List and 28 days later. I guess that's partly my fault for having not read the book. Which I'm not sure i could do now as this fucked with my head so much. I think the worst bit is the woman who 'goes to get changed' in the cannibal house. I don't think at any point was this dull though... and i think the fact that the cataclysm was unnamed (as it is apparently in the book also) makes the story more enthralling, as you stop focusing so much on the practical circumstances. Because of this i'd disagree with NIck, you can imagine things haven't been THIS bad for the entire aftermath, hence the mother's slow degradation and the boy's surprising lack of knowledge.

I agree with much of what everyone has said. Kylez - you're so right about the guy peeing against a tree. It's such a weird combo!Though I think maybe the mixture of civility and barbarism is central to what makes the cannibals so fucking freaky scary. They're like normal people... Whilst i did like the soundtrack, and i thought it was well placed as a warning - given the footage was so unflinching - i did at times find it intrusive like Constantine. This film is immensely depressing and at times harrowing in a very gory way. that does not in ANY way come across in the trailer. I went to see this with a killer hangover and it almost gave me a heart attack. I was expecting a mixture of Deep Impact and Homeward Bound. What i got was a combination of Schindler's List and 28 days later. I guess that's partly my fault for having not read the book. Which I'm not sure i could do now as this fucked with my head so much. I think the worst bit is the woman who 'goes to get changed' in the cannibal house. I don't think at any point was this dull though... and i think the fact that the cataclysm was unnamed (as it is apparently in the book also) makes the story more enthralling, as you stop focusing so much on the practical circumstances. Because of this i'd disagree with NIck, you can imagine things haven't been THIS bad for the entire aftermath, hence the mother's slow degradation and the boy's surprising lack of knowledge.

All those who gave this movie 4 or 5 stars I'm sure that if disaster does occur it will be easy to spot you since you will be the ones stamping on the floor in an attempt to find an underground store of food under every manhole cover.............. hoppy hunting, but all you will get down there is sh**** i'm afraid..... but then u got that watching this movie in the cinema

was the environmental disaster responsible for the speech disorder as the boy survivor keeps chanting papa and in a sinister accent too,and the road trek is just so monotonous with every event repeated 3 times at least ,while viggo keeps crying and trying to practice how he will kill themselves with a handgun if the cannibals catch them ,and that is when he is not taking nude swims on the road to hell , that was hilarious to see him bare -arsed naked while human predators roam in search of huma meat . the boy cannot act for his life and it has no rhyme or reason as to why and where are they going to the coast across half of USA , The worst aspect is charlize theron in a schizoid role as the mother who suddenly disappears as she wants viggo to kill her and the boy -if you can believe that than you will endure the dreary narrative which is as slow as a walking stick and interrupted by tedious flashbacks of the marital life - the ending was rather redeeming but illogical like the rest of the adaptation of the book ,and i will refrain from watching anymore post-apocalyptic movies as i much prefer mad max to these incompetent pretentious hyped bundles of serious boredom .

Just stunning. A heartbreaking tale of the last threads of hope in mankind, played wonderfully by Viggo and McPhee....very true to the text and the ending was almost bleaker than in the book, in a strange way. The last paragraph of the novel is one the greatest ever written, and this film plays a great respect to it. Tense and ponderous, and Duvall is astounding in his cameo. Loved it.

I went to see the film and I thought the realism of what mankind can fall to, yes some say it was moody or dull but this film was a true interpretation of our world and how we survive, it was a little off the true lines of the book but still incredibly moving and mesmering to watch.

Nick did you actually watch the film?? It was clear the Mother commited suicide when the boy was 7/8 this was illustrated by her bathing him and cuddling him in flashbacks and his age was pretty obvious!! As for your walking to the coast comment again I must ask did you serioulsy watch the same film I did??? Once the Mother left she told them to head south (when the boy was around 7/8ish by the way) as they would not survive another winter where they were living at the time. This indicates to most people who have watched the film they have tried to ride out the storm so to speak at home and which obvioulsy becoming increasingly difficult hence the Mothers depression (which was hinted at in the film). This film was a great adaptation of the book which clearly some have not read!! Hollywoodised ending HELLO!!! Re read the book hun

The unconditional love of a mother for her child is one of the most extraordinary bonds in human life. The incidences of mothers sacrifing themselves for their children is large. Yet Charlize Theron is quite happy to abandon her only baby/toddler (we don't know at what stage she disappears) because life is getting a bit tough. Poor show.

Walking to the coast. Fine. No particular reason but I guess it gives you something to do. But how long does it take to walk to the coast in the USa. Even if you are smack bang in the middle it is a 1000 mile walk. 10 miles a day is more than reasonable. So that's 100 days. Let's say150 days, or 200 days for sightseeing. It's still less than a year. What have they been doing for the previous 7 years ? And why suddenly decide to walk to the coast now ? If this were year one into an environmental apolcalypse it would make sense (apart from the lack of bullets). But this has been going on for 8 years (the life of the Boy). Even in films that aren't real there has to be internal logic. There is none in this film.