THE ROAD *

John Hillcoat directed this Drama which stars: Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Guy Pearce. Watch The Preview Rated R for some violence, disturbing images and language. Running time is one hour and fifty-one minutes.

Based on Cormac McCarthy's best-selling and Pulitzer Prize winning novel: an epic post apocalyptic tale of a journey taken by a father (Mortensen) and his young son (Smit-McPhee) across a barren landscape blasted by an unnamed cataclysm that destroyed civilization and most life on earth.

I review for entertainment value and there's no way this is in any way entertaining. In fact, this is the singularly most depressing film I've ever seen. That doesn't mean I don't recognize its quality and that it spectacularly portrays the world in which it's set, but this is as far from entertainment as you can get. The film has been completed for over a year and I can certainly understand the hesitation in releasing it...there's simply no way to sell it. But, why now? The Christmas season is not the time for a film that makes you think about ending it all. If you want to see it, I'd hurry. This is not going to be around for long. There's no particular reason to see it in a theatre as a large screen adds nothing.