The Road on Blu-ray & DVD (2009)

The Road details

Formats:	15 DVD, Blu-ray
Starring:	Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, Robert Duvall, Garret Dillahunt, Michael K. Williams
Director:	John Hillcoat
Genres:	Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Sci-fi - General, Thriller
Studio:	ICON HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Collections:	Apocalypse Now, Best of London Film Festival, Book Adaptations, Challenging Cinema, Dark Futures, End of the World, Exclusive Films, Hit the Road

Name	Discs
The Road	15 Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	1 hour 47 minutes
Rental release:	17 May 2010
Main languages:	English
Hearing impaired subtitles:	English

Name	Discs
The Road	15 Feature

Blu-ray Information

Rental release:	17 May 2010
Main languages:	English

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High Expectations

By a customer from Edinburgh , 22 Nov 2008

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Cormac McCarthy's book was 5 stars so... you never know.
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Doesn't really work on any level

By a customer , 15 May 2013

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Too many unanswered questions to really make you care about the lead characters. Maybe the book does a better job of filling in the back story unlike the flashbacks in the film. There is only so many times you can do the 'will they get caught?' routine before it gets boring and predictable. After the first near escape from the 'bad guys' you didn't really expect them to ever get caught. This is a road movie - just walking along it looking for food!
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A film that leaves you feeling traumatised by the end of it shouldn't be good but somehow this is.

By SilentHouse (19 reviews) from Barrhead , 12 May 2013

Wow! This film stayed with me for days. I'm not even sure if it was in a good way. Having said that, I'd recommend it, but not if you're prone to feelings of depression or despair. It won't cheer you up and you might even wish you hadn't watched it but it certainly won't bore you or leave you untouched emotionally. Watching this is slightly masochistic.
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Load of old tosh

By ianrowbo (2 reviews) , 17 Apr 2013

I cannot understand what all the hype was about for this film. I felt I needed to know why the characters found themselves where they were, and because we don't know that, then basically, I couldn't give a toss what happened to them. By the end of this dullfest I was so unconcerned about who they were or what happened to them that I was almost hoping the kid got eaten.
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Thoughtful impressionistic gloom

By seraphita (15 reviews) , 15 Mar 2013

Wonderful unremitting gloom. Far surpasses most other post-apocalyptic films I`ve seen. I immediately compared this with Tarkovsky`s Ivan`s Childhood, which I had just seen,where that too features a child, wise beyond his years..in Tarkovsky`s film the conclusion is grim but effective...but couldn`t help feeling let down by the neat positive resolution of The Road. Probably the book makes this transition from dark to light more meaningfully. It makes you want to read the book to find out. If you love atmosphere and sombre moods, watch this.
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dark apocolyptic journey across america

By paddyh (20 reviews) , 10 Feb 2013

Very well done dark apocolyptic journey across America. Unrelenting at times and had Rach behind a cushion briefly. Sub plot of the father's paranoia that they are 'being followed' and preparing his son for when he is gone.
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