STAR RATING: **
THE ROAD (TO NOWHERE MUCH)
Despite much critical acclaim, The Road may be a bit over-rated. The much-anticipated screen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s latest novel fails to match the standard set by No Country For Old Men.
Set in post-apocalyptic America, the movie tells the tale of a man and his son struggling to survive in a world destroyed by an unnamed disaster. They try to remain “the good guys” in a world where the bad guys are in the overwhelming majority.
While the art direction is strong, the setting, appropriately bleak and Viggo Mortensen’s performance, admirable, this is a tedious and depressing road with just the odd smattering of horror along the way to relieve the monotony. Kodi Smit McPhee, the young actor playing the boy, delivers an uninspiring performance and there’s no getting away from the fact that it’s a long road. Those who didn’t have the will to finish the book might find the film a bit easier to endure at 108 minutes.
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