The Road (R, 2009)

That's bull that this won't appeal to kids! I read the book a year ago (meaning I was twelve) and I went to go see the movie and it was beautifully done! One of the best movies of the year. There's no harsh violence, language or nudity, so I would say this is for OK 14 year olds! The message is a good one: Keep going, although it is portrayed in a dark manner. And the two main characters are good role models as well. ONce again this is a great movie from an even greater book!

This movie is filled with John Hillicoat's typically dark imagery. Overall, language sticks PG-13. 'Disturbing' images aren't bad, only one slightly startling birth, bloody arms, and death threats. It's a bit touching and sad.

I will say this kindly personally i find no reason to ever watch this movie again. IT was not offensive by really any means but i felt as though i was watching a Cow slowly and painfully getting killed. It really wasnt that good. i Loved the book though.

Violence- 8/10 Language- 7/10 Overall Quality- 9/10

Quite honestly I could not even finish watching this movie, when the boy and his father stumble upon a cellar where humans are being kept for consumption in complete darkness, naked and malnourished to the point of insanity and had missing limbs-- that indicated to me being eaten a little at time or eating eachother? I HAD to leave the room. The movie is well done- I just don't want to EVER think about being in that situation and it was so real and so awful I fervently wish I had never watched any part of it. It really haunts me.

this movie was pretty good not as violent as a hoped for but it was good

This movie is one of the darkest, and most depressing films I have ever seen. I am a film fanatic, and seen hundreds-and-hundreds of movies, but this takes the cake for the bleakest of them all. Perhaps the worst part of this film is the fact that very little is shown, which leaves almost everything to the imagination - a scary thing. Though, when things are shown - it is horrifying. A list of the worst scenes: - A man and boy go down into a cellar only to find a bunch of naked, malnourished, sometimes limbless people, who are being kept for food. They attack the man and son, and th scene is horrifying. - A father points the gun at his sons head, and prepares to kill him. - You see a mother and her child being hunter by cannibals, only to have the camera cut away as you hear her dying cry. - The remains of a man who had been eaten are shown. A bloody head, and his organs are shown all over the ground. - A man is shot with a flare gun, and his body is shown burning. - A man tears an arrow out of his own leg, and staples the wound shut (Very graphic) Definitely not a family friendly movie, and will be VERY depressing for any age viewer. If you're looking for an alternative, go rent Children of Men. While it may be more graphic, it is no where near as depressing. It is also better than The Road, in my opinion.