Een man en zijn zoontje doorkruisen een verwoest Amerikaans landschap, bedekt met de as van een vergane wereld. De man kan zich de tijd ervoor nog herinneren, het jongetje kent alleen dit dode landschap. Het enige dat hen rest is te overleven en zich vast te houden aan de kostbare brokstukken van hun eigen menselijkheid.
- Ellie Pratt3 dgn geledenWhile well produced and well made, even Vigo Mortensen couldn't save this movie's gloomy and uninspired plot. There's a dozen apocalypse and post apocalypse movies and shows that do a better job of the same themes and even key plot points: from 'Last of Us' to 'Love and Monsters' to 'Blood Red Sky' go elsewhere for a morbid but touching story about caring for a kid at the end of the world
- Magnus Carlbaum7 juli 2025The Road is a gut punch wrapped in barbed wire. Unforgiving. Unflinching. Make no mistake - this is one of the most depressing movies you will ever see. But does that make it bad? No. In fact, it is a great movie. It is about a flickering and dying hope. A beautiful tale about a man and his son under the most dire circumstances imaginable. And you have to ask yourself: How far would You walk the road?
- Dennis Kwakman6 juni 2026One of the most depressing films I've ever watched. *The Road* strips away almost every trace of hope and comfort, leaving only a father and son trying to survive in a world that has already ended. As a father, this movie hit especially hard. The constant question isn't whether they'll survive, but what sacrifices a parent is willing to make for their child. The presence of a single bullet, reserved for a moment neither of them wants to face, hangs over the entire story like a dark cloud. There are no heroes, no grand victories, and very little relief. Just love, responsibility, and the desperate determination to keep moving forward when everything else is gone. It's bleak, emotionally exhausting, and unforgettable—a powerful reminder of the lengths a parent will go to protect their child.
- atkins9023 september 2025The apocalyptic setting makes this a very grueling watch, but it's emotionally powerful and rewarding for having gone on the journey... especially if you are a father or mother. Highly recommend reading the book first and then watching the movie to see what 2 hours they decided to highlight. Overall a great job on a nearly impossible task of trying to show and not tell when 80% of the book itself is narration about motives and feelings.
- Patrick D.2 mei 2026This review is for those of you who have read the book. I just finished the book and I hate to say it... This film doesn't do it justice. I so badly wanted this to be good. It has B-movie moments here and there, but I don't really hold that against it too much. One of the big issues is the breakneck speed they go through the story at. They don't take the time to build each event up and there's not enough context around the major story beats that take place because of it. Everything just ends up being disjointed clips that jump from thing to thing. They almost all end up lacking the impact you get in the book. Mind you, the book is a 5/5 imo so they really needed to tap into McCormac's descriptive atmosphere to pull this movie off because it's a slow burn as it is. You can't rush stories like this. I wasn't a huge fan of the acting either. I think this is the classic book/movie feud going on in my head, but I just don't like the delivery of a lot of the lines, particularly the emotional parts and a lot of the conversations between the man and the boy. Viggo Mortensen was surprisingly soft and the boy was just alright I guess. I will say that they nailed a lot of the little details about the setting, though. Kudos to them for that. I'd say just read the book and definitely don't watch this before reading it. Go in blind and thank me later. Maybe watch this afterwards for fun.
- ርልዪረ28 februari 2026"You must think I'm from another world." The Road is a story about the bonding and survival of a father and son through a hopeless and barren wasteland. The film is bleak, depressing and somber in its tone and delivery. Food and other resources are scarce, those left must scavenge what they find in their travels to survive. Cannibalism is prevalent in this nightmare world where groups of miscreants prey upon the helpless. The Road is an immersive experience so serene, sensorial, and flowing that when we experience excruciatingly emotional, hair-raising, or gut-wrenching moments, we haven't even seen them coming, and when we have, they've already crept upon us. With every trait of every department, the result is utter simplicity, utter docility, no fluctuation in the face of whatever brutality or emotional quakes, making them all that much more profoundly moving. The dialogue is so restrained, the story so elemental and straightforward, that all of the primal feelings it evokes transcend any limitations of characters and images.
- Pascal Bollier9 januari 2026bleak and harrowing do not begin to describe this movie. relief is only found in memories, which paradoxically, intensify the hopelessness of the present. viggo is fantastic in bringing across this sense of despair while trying to be as optimistic as possible for his son. the movie stays with you for a while, at least it did for me. Recommended!
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The Road was released on 2 december 2009.
The Road was directed by John Hillcoat.
The Road has a runtime of 1 u, 51 m.
The Road was produced by Paula Mae Schwartz, Steve Schwartz, Nick Wechsler.
Een man en zijn zoontje doorkruisen een verwoest Amerikaans landschap, bedekt met de as van een vergane wereld. De man kan zich de tijd ervoor nog herinneren, het jongetje kent alleen dit dode landschap. Het enige dat hen rest is te overleven en zich vast te houden aan de kostbare brokstukken van hun eigen menselijkheid.
The key characters in The Road are Father (Viggo Mortensen), Boy (Kodi Smit-McPhee), Mother (Charlize Theron).
The Road is rated 12.
The Road is a Drama, Adventure, Thriller film.
The Road has an audience rating of 6.8 out of 10.
The Road had a budget of US$ 32 mln..
The Road has made US$ 27,6 mln. at the box office.