On the Road

On the Road (2012)

  • 45% of critics liked it
    (136 reviews)

  • 40% of users liked it
    (7,360 ratings)

Based on Jack Kerouc's beloved American novel, On The Road is the story of Sal Paradise, an aspiring New York writer, and Dean Moriarty, a devastatingly charming ex-con, married to the very liberated and seductive Marylou. Sal and Dean bond instantly instantly upon meeting. Determined not to get… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Jose Rivera
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure
In Theaters
Dec 21, 2012 Limited
IFC Films/Sundance Selects

Critic Reviews

  • Tom Long, Detroit News

    It's not a wreck of a movie; it's not a sleek race car either. But there's heat to be felt here.

  • Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

    Walter Salles's warm but strangely staid adaptation of a piece of literature that was never meant to be tamed as cinema.

  • Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

    "On the Road" is something of a sprawling mess, but then so is the novel.

  • Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

    It took more than half a century, but Jack Kerouac's autobiographical cult novel of bohemian youth in postwar America has reached the screen in wonderful form.

  • Ty Burr, Boston Globe

    Against all odds, a surprisingly effective movie.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Louis R


    Too handsome and tentative to capture anything like the energy and passion and ecstasy and sadness of Kerouac's book. That was a beat novel, this really is not a beat film - and that's the problem. The performances are generally strong, but it's the actual filmmaking… More

  • MisterYoda ?


    three stars

  • Emil K


    Fresh, handsome and atmospheric adaptation of Jack Kerouac's novel made with careful compositons by director Walter Salles. Salles captures perfectly the mood of beatnik era and also manages to somehow keep his story together even when the screenplay seems to wander off too much.… More

  • Jonathan H


    Jack Kerouac's seminal mission statement for the Beat Generation has always been deemed unfilmable. It's a period piece without an easy-to-follow narrative, whereby the characters' quest for self-discovery and meaning are captured in Keraouc's descriptive,… More

  • Pedro H


    The best teacher is experience On the road to failure Walter Salles whom I admire takes the roa to failure in his new film On The Road. His attempt to create a poetic film turns out to be a complete chaos. On The Road is a movie about the "beat generation" and their… More

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