Viggo Mortensen is his usual, commanding self as a loving father willing to do anything for his son. John Hillcoat & crew do a fan-freaking-tastic job of painting the most realistic, post-apocalypse landscape I've ever seen in any recent movie. This is no bubble gum, post-war movie. The Road makes you sit-up and pay attention, because you have a scary, deep-gut feeling that you are getting a glimpse of one very-possible future of our planet...and it's terrifying and awe-inspiring at the same time.
What I love most about the Road's intense scenes has nothing to do with what it actually shown to you, but what you think, what you know, is just above the horizon, out the window, lurking in a shadow, or waiting around the corner...fascinating and deeply terrifying.
The breakthrough here is Kodi Smit-McPhee, who is a scene-stealer with his big eyes and all-to-human touch in a bleak world.
This movie may be the reverse of most, it makes me want to go buy the book and read it!
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