Road

2014

1h 42m

Documentary

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82%

11 Reviews

Tomatometer

90%

100+ Ratings

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Joey, Robert, William and Michael Dunlop experience victories, bumps and crashes while dominating road motorcycle racing.

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Best film ever! So inspiring

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Brilliant! Quality show!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Interesting account of the Dunlop's family history in the high-risk world of motorbike racing. The documentary pulls together well lots of archive footage.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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The highs are adrenaline fueled and exhilarating, but the narration and score are unrelentingly breathless and overwrought throughout.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Audience Member

Plot/Action: 2* Production: 3*

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Audience Member

The remarkable and tragic story of a family of motorbike road racers.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Michael Hewitt

Director

Dermot Lavery

Director

Liam Neeson

Narrator

Michael Hewitt

Screenwriter

Dermot Lavery

Screenwriter

Michael Hewitt

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Kate Muir

Times (UK)

The adrenaline-fuelled view from bike cameras descends into crash-porn waiting to happen, as the film luxuriates in its own grief.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 23, 2014

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

Featuring a rich brown voiceover by Liam Neeson and sickening on-bike footage, Road tells terrible, exciting, tragic stories that fairly rattle the spine.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 18, 2014

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

Slathered in portentous narration by Liam Neeson and a ludicrously over-cranked and incessant score, both of which conspire to undercut, rather than enhance, the overall impact.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 15, 2014

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Scott Davis

CineVue

Filmed with incredible depth and zip by filmmakers Hewitt and Lavery, Road is an earnest, realistic acknowledgement of the sport, showing the impacts of the brothers' love for the sport.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 26, 2019

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Simon Kinnear

Total Film

Less adventurous stylistically than other motorsport docs, maybe, but more heartfelt thanks to a spine of bittersweet first-person testimony and the sensory eloquence of the Dunlops in motion.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 9, 2014

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Synopsis

Joey, Robert, William and Michael Dunlop experience victories, bumps and crashes while dominating road motorcycle racing.

Director: Michael Hewitt, Dermot Lavery
Screenwriter: Michael Hewitt, Dermot Lavery
Production Co: Double-Band Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 4, 2017
Runtime: 1h 42m