A History of Violence
2005
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74% Tomatometer 218 Reviews 68% Audience Score 100,000+ Ratings America is a grim, gray shadow of itself after a catastrophe. A man (Viggo Mortensen) and his young son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) wander...
Nov 24, 2009 · The Road is not fertile soil, providing a world with life draining from it. McCarthy's greatest novels are Suttree and Blood Meridian. The second, set in the Old West, is about a fearsome, bald, skeletal man named Judge Holden, who is implacable in his desire to inflict suffering and death.
Sep 26, 2006 · The Road. Cormac McCarthy. 3.99. 920,738 ratings61,042 reviews. A searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy’s masterpiece. A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray.
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‘The Road’ is filled with heart-wrenching and painful scenes, ones that are too easy to imagine with one’s own loved ones. Throughout, one can’t help but imagine what they would do if they found themselves in a similar situation. The two protagonists, a father and his son, struggle throughout the novel to make their way south, supposedly, to safety...
This term is tied up in the relationship the father and son have and the way that the latter considers the world around them. It’s clear from the former’s narration that he’s lost hope in the world (except perhaps when it comes to his child). But, that’s not something he’s willing to share with his son. The Man shares the phrase “carrying the fire”...
The Boy is presented as a figure of hope throughout the novel. While The Man often gets lost in feelings of despair and is tempted by violence, The Boy is kind and helpful to a fault. One of the best examples is when the two pursue and find the thief that stole their belongings off the beach. The Man makes him strip naked and takes his clothes and ...
Love is one of the primary themesreaders are left with when they walk away from this novel. The book is filled with torment and the horrors of McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic world. But, it’s also filled with a great deal of love. There is the love that keeps The Man thinking about his wife, the mother of his son, and the love that keeps The Man and Th...
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Nov 25, 2009 · Summary Based on Cormac McCarthy's beloved, best-selling and Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Academy Award nominee Viggo Mortensen leads an all-star cast in the big screen adaptation of The Road, the epic post-apocalyptic tale of a journey taken by a father and his young son across a barren landscape that was blasted by an unnamed cataclysm that d...
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Nov 25, 2009 · The Road: Directed by John Hillcoat. With Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce. In a dangerous post-apocalyptic world, an ailing father defends his son as they slowly travel to the sea.
The Road Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Michael Leader Den of Geek. While The Road is not without its impressive aspects, it has not efficiently pulled taut...
