Not for teens! Will give adults nightmares and depress you for days!
Hate it!!!! With a passion! This movie is horrible! Why does Hollywood put out this crap. It's like, the more violent and depressing the better. This movie has no redeeming qualities what so ever. I mean what was the purpose of it? To depress us all! Anyway, under no circumstances should ANY children, teens included see this film. Heck, even adults should not watch this film. The Director and or writer have a really morbid sensibility. Why? I don't know. The whole premise of the film is that once there is no law, people will pretty much revert to being animals. There is no hope or light in the film, just a tiny ray at the end. What I don't understand is exactly what point the writer was trying to make. That ultimately at the end of the day humans are just animals? There are some really sick scenes of cannibalism. very graphic and just sick man! This movie will give adults nightmares and depress you for days. I was curious but I regret seeing this film. It is in the same vain of hopeless dreck as. Children of Men, I am legend and 12 Monkeys. Why? You know just because you get an idea doesn't mean it should become a book or a movie. Especially if it has no redeeming value for mankind.
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.
this is very dark and sad they are basically living in rags there are some real intense images that kids need to stay away from it is not very violent or to much swearing but it is a little harsh for tweens keep it for the older kids as crazy bandets in some scenes are going around in trucks shouting people as then they roast the people and eat them it was a little shocking at first but teens will get over it but in all it is a great story
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!
I think this is simply too good a film to miss; astonishing performances, and with a message of undying love and hope. It is not overtly violent - the brutality that does feature is only relevant to the dire circumstances that the man and the boy are facing, as the cosseted lives of everyone in the world have been stripped away. It should be viewed by kids because it will show just how much they have, and how family ties are eternal.
Devastating, yet decent; probably too intense for kids
This is a deavastating apocalyptic drama along the lines of Children of Men, although nowhere near as violent. Parents: The dark tone alone should give kids nightmares. Cannibals chase a father and his son, and humans are kept in basements and harvested. Bottom Line: To those looking for an intense, great, action-packed and even scary apocalypse thriller... look elsewhere. This is a drama; a sometimes boring drama, at that. But, save those few boring scenes, this is a decent movie that's worth a look, but not if you're looking for action/suspense. Thanks for reading! - Movie Man
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.
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.
Extremely disturbing and depressing, but touching. Iffy for ages 16-18.
This was a very touching movie, but very sad and some parts scared me. There are disturbing images and themes, and the scariest part for me was when the father and son went down into this underground cellar thing and found a bunch of humans who were naked and deformed and had become albinos due to living in the dark, and tried to attack and possibly even eat the father and son. There is some violence and some graphic images. Overall, this is not a kids movie, and isn't very entertaining. The son is very kind and always wants to help people they find while on their journey. There is some bad language, and in one seen the wife says "They're going to find us, then r**e me and r**e your son, and then they're going to eat us." Therefore, I rate this movie iffy for ages 16-18.
I read the book in 2007 and I just had to see the movie. And I have to say im impressed by the acting and the way the movie sticks to the book. I wouldnt recommend bringing the whole family to the movie but its a great apocalyptic flick for all parents.
This review is based on the book. The book was hard for me to read. Excellent work of Cormac McCarthy, right up there with his book/movie No Country for Old Men. I like to shy away from telling 17 year olds what movies to watch (unless they are rate X), because these people are almost legal adults. I would just say that this movie will be disturbing and hard to grapple with. Anyone letting their child watch this movie might have to face talk shows about why they messed up their psyche later in life. But in all seriousness, this is just a troubling movie for kids. Too realistic, too gritty, too grown up.
The Road will not please many hardcore voilent heavy fans because that is not what this movie is about. I was expecting a voilent and scary cannabalistic film. I didn't get that, but the movie is so much more than that. It shows the story of two unforgettable characters doing what they can to stay alive in a post apocalyptic world.There are a couple scenes that are truly terrifying with some intense images. Other than that I don't really understand how the film got an R rating. The Road is one of those disturbing and yet life changing experiences.
Extremely disturbing film, only to be watched by mature movie viewers.
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.
Grim portrayal of life in a post apocolyic setting; scenes of cannaballism are gut turning. Overall message of love and survival, appropriate for adults.
This was a really good movie, I saw it when I was 13, (last year) and oh my good god I have never cried so much during a movie since the titanic. OMG so sad, the kid is really the role model, his sense of hope is very pure, btw notice how when those guys in the car feed the man and his kid that meat, well notice how it looks like vampire flesh? well now we know what'll happen to robert pattinson after some future apocolpys (I'm dyslexic don't judge the spelling) over all a very good and touching move