Reservation Road

Reservation Road

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Reservation Road

Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Connelly, Mira Sorvino, Elle Fanning

A drama that revolves around two fathers whose families and lives tragically converge with the death of a child.

Id: 10889690

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  • October 24, 2009
    Messed up story. I didn't like it much. My favorite parts were when they showed the Red Sox.
  • March 25, 2009
    heavy
  • March 10, 2009
    What happened here? Director Terry George was coming off of 2004's Hotel Rwanda, he had A-list talent like Mark Ruffalo, Joaquin Phoenix, Jennifer Connelly and the results end up feeling like a parody of awards-hungry films steeped in grief and set in suburbia. To be fair, the ac...( read more)ting is mostly respectable even if the characters start yelling a majority of their lines. The film moves at a swift pace that doesn't allow much time for the actors to react reflectively about grief and guilt.

    This could have been a great, paranoid thriller of the Fritz Lang school, but director Terry George is more interested in making a prestige picture, full of yelling and crying. The movie's only interesting trick is to slowly swap sympathy from the grieving dad to the suffering driver Dwight. Strong supporting roles by Jennifer Connelly and Mira Sorvino and the subject is definitely captivating enough, but the other elements drown it in mediocrity. Both lead male characters feel incomplete; they suffer from a tragedy that should guarantee viewer sympathy/identification, yet there is no real connection. All this wrapped up with an ending you can see coming for miles.
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  • December 19, 2008
    This movie started off really well, but it soon became just the same old thing over and over again. There really wasn't much to the story at all.

    The 3 main actors all did a very good job. It was nice seeing Mark Ruffalo in this role, instead of in some chick flick role.

    ...( read more)Yes, the story was tragic, but it gets old seeing someone never moving on from it. And the climax was pretty easy to see coming and easy to predict.

    There was something about the ending that just didn't work. It just sort of ends, like they really didn't know how to end it so they just cut it off.

    This one's not worth buying, see it on TV.
  • July 23, 2008
    Nothing we haven't seen before. Good-old Hollywood you can rely on. Mark Ruffalo is the strongest link in this film.
  • December 25, 2009
    24-12-09
    "To find the truth, you have to find who's hiding it."
  • December 17, 2009
    dis is simple story...
    but its so hurt...
  • November 1, 2009
    crime and punishment in new england
  • October 24, 2009
    Emotionally wrenching drama about dealing with loss of one who is near and dear. A tale of anger, revenge, and great courage. Great casts, a good enough thriller.
  • October 18, 2009
    Excellent movie showing both sides of an accidental death. Meet an everyday man, who for an instant is a "Killer", and how this brief moment in time, changes his life...forever. View the many different stages of grieving, and how the victims family goes through them differently. ...( read more)I really felt for both sides in this story.
    Great story, great actors! In my opinion this movie is underrated. I love any movie that leaves me thinking...

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