

The Road
In a moment, the world changed forever.
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones and, when the snow falls, it is gray. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $32M
- Box office
- $27.6M
- Language
- English
- based on novel or book
- dystopia
- post-apocalyptic future
- paternity
- abandoned house
- end of the world
- survival
- on the road
- duringcreditsstinger
- starvation
- bomb shelter
- father son relationship
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereMill Valley Film Festival8 Oct 2009
- TheatricalR25 Nov 2009
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival19 Oct 2009
- Theatrical158 Jan 2010
- Physical15DVD17 May 2010
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalMA 15+28 Jan 2010
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival13 Sept 2009
- Theatrical (limited)14A27 Nov 2009
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical1624 Jun 2010
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical27 Jan 2010
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1623 Apr 2010
ChileCL
- Theatrical24 Jun 2010
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical1229 Apr 2010
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1528 Jan 2010
FinlandFI
- PremiereK-16Night Visions Film Festival31 Oct 2009
- TheatricalK-1625 Dec 2009
FranceFR
- Theatrical122 Dec 2009
- Physical12DVD & Blu-Ray4 May 2010
- Digital / OTTVOD3 Sept 2018
- Digital / OTT6play1 Apr 2021
- Digital / OTTPrime Video29 Jun 2021
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The Road was released on 25 November 2009.
Audience reviews
5- A6/10
Andres Gomez
3/6/2014
Viggo Mortensen and Smit-McPhee deliver great performances but it doesn't really hook you up.
- J8/10
John Chard
10/11/2019
The clocks stopped at 1:17 The Road is directed by John Hillcoat (The Proposition) and written by Joe Penhall (Enduring Love). Based on the 2006 novel of the same name by American author Cormac McCarthy (No Country For Old Men), the film stars Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee as a father and his son trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. How do you sell such a sombre piece to the film loving public?…
- W5/10
Wuchak
6/20/2021
_**Grey, maudlin post-apocalyptic drama with some horrific thrills**_ After a mass extinction event, a man & his son (Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee) walk from western Pennsylvania to the Southeast coast trying to survive a life-or-death situation in a world without laws as people prey on each other. Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce and Molly Parker show up for small parts. Based on Cormac McCar…
- T6/10
The Movie Mob
12/9/2022
**The Road paints a grim and genuine picture of the dangers and greed of a world surviving the collapse of society and hope.** The Road is a realistic and super depressing depiction of a post-apocalyptic world. Viggo Mortensen’s portrayal of an unyielding father doing whatever he can to keep his son alive and prepare him for survival is gripping and powerful. This movie made me want to hold my kids close, hug them…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
2/15/2025
Yikes, but this is bleak! Many years after some disaster has struck down American civilisation, we meet a man (Viggo Mortensen) and his curious young son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) who are trying to make it from the wooded hinterland to the coast in the hope that things might be better, and hopefully warmer, there. At least the ocean ought to add a bit of blue to their remarkably dull surroundings. They do have guns, but onl…
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