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Road

2005 1h 32m Drama List
40% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 40% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
When Margaret (Catherine Kellner) gets a job photographing toxic waste sites for the government, she asks her ex-boyfriend Jay (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) to come along. Jay accepts her invitation on this unusual road trip -- but learns to his disappointment that Margaret is engaged. Their journey gets considerably odder as the former couple keep getting lost in strange territory, face off with inhospitable locals and discover that their gas level hasn't changed one bit during the whole trip.

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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader Writer-director Leslie McCleave knows how to stir the pot, dropping various weird or menacing characters in the couple's path, but by the end of the movie's 92 minutes it still isn't soup yet. Nov 16, 2006 Full Review Robert Koehler Variety What begins as a faintly unsettling Twilight Zone riff, soon becomes deadly with repetition and a lack of ideas. Nov 16, 2006 Full Review Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune McCleave, making her feature debut, shows skill and emotion. Rated: 2.5/4 Nov 16, 2006 Full Review Steven Snyder Zertinet Movies It's a less "entertaining" movie, but a much more life-affirming one. Rated: 3.5/4 Mar 21, 2007 Full Review Michele Kenner Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Writer-director Leslie McCleave offers no explanation beyond juxtaposing sour lake beds and radioactive vats with the tension between the former lovers. The environment, with upstate New York standing in for Ontario, rarely looks this distasteful. Rated: 2/4 Mar 16, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Very beautiful bitter sweet movie, A reminder of the real deal & the human condition of denial. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member A good twilight-zone style road film. Environmental themes, the works. dig it. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting movie. Worth watching if you can deal with the bad acting. Could be classified as one of those "i have insomnia, let's see whats on showtime" movies. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When Margaret (Catherine Kellner) gets a job photographing toxic waste sites for the government, she asks her ex-boyfriend Jay (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) to come along. Jay accepts her invitation on this unusual road trip -- but learns to his disappointment that Margaret is engaged. Their journey gets considerably odder as the former couple keep getting lost in strange territory, face off with inhospitable locals and discover that their gas level hasn't changed one bit during the whole trip.
Director
Leslie McCleave
Producer
Zachary Mortensen, Leslie McCleave
Screenwriter
Leslie McCleave
Production Co
Ghost Robot, Mystery City Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 8, 2017
Runtime
1h 32m