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- A man (Viggo Mortensen) and his young son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) wander through this post-apocalyptic world, trying to keep the dream of civilization alive. They journey toward the sea, surviving as best they can on what they can scavenge, and try to avoid roving gangs of savage humans who will turn them into slaves, or worse.
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A father (Viggo Mortensen) and son make their way across a post-apocalyptic United States in hopes of finding civilization among-st the nomadic cannibal tribes in 2929 Productions' adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's thrilling Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Road.
- The Road Has A Deliberately Bitter-Sweet Ending
- The Road Movie Is Bleak But Has Nothing on The Book
- The Meaning of The Road Ending
The Boy May Have Found Salvation By The Road Ending
The final scenes of The Road’s ending offer a glimmer of hope — at least according to some. A couple of days after the boy’s father dies he’s approached by a man (played by Prometheus' Guy Pearce and credited as “Veteran”) who is travelling with what appears to be his wife (Molly Parker), their two young kids, and their pet dog. They tell the boy they’ve been following him and his father for some time and ask if he’d like to accompany them, offering a light at the end of the grim tunnel that...
Cormac McCarthy's Story Is Much Worse
While The Road movie adaptation is certainly bleak, the book is actually much worse. For example, there's a passage in which the two main characters pass a group of cannibals who are roasting a human baby on a spit. It's necessary for studios to make plenty of changes when it comes to book-to-movie adaptations, and The Road wasn't exempt. That being said, The Road is considered a somewhat faithful adaptation. Most changes weren't made to change the plot, but in order to make the ending of the...
The Finale Of The Movie Is Either Uplifting Or Nihilistic
The Road ending is undeniably bleak. However, the entire movie is one with a lot of depth, and there's clear thematic meaning behind the the journey the Man and the Boy take, as well as the Boy being found on the beach after watching his father pass away. A key theme of The Road is loss.The Man is tormented throughout by visions of his wife, and how she took her own life. Even in the harsh and unrelenting world the Man and the Boy now inhabit, losing her still plagues the Man's mind. This is...
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Jun 7, 2010 · What Is The Road About? Director John Hillcoat’s The Road is a film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning dystopian novel sharing the same title. The movie centers on the journey of a father (Viggo Mortensen) and his son (Kodi Smit-McPhee), whose names, because they aren’t specified, are implied as Man and Boy, through the chaos of post ...
Synopsis America is a grim, gray shadow of itself after a catastrophe. A man (Viggo Mortensen) and his young son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) wander through this post-apocalyptic world, trying to keep the...
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Get Digital Copy. Buy on Amazon. More Info on IMDb. The Road on DVD May 25, 2010 starring Charlize Theron, Viggo Mortensen, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce. Academy Award nominee Viggo Mortensen, Academy Award winners Robert Duvall and Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce and 12-year-old Kodi Smit McPhee.
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- John Hillcoat
Nov 25, 2009 · Overview. A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. John Hillcoat.
Nov 25, 2009 · In Theaters: November 25, 2009. R | Drama, Thriller | 1h 59m. Synopsis. Trailers. Photos. Cast. Reviews. The Road (2009) It is more than ten years since the world was destroyed—by what, nobody can say. Whatever it was, is that there is no energy, no power, no vegetation, no food.
