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The Road
2009
· Movie
· 111 min
B
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2023
- IMDb #1655
- Google retired #2372
- Rotten Tomatoes #2341
- Metacritic #1773
- Letterboxd #1592
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2452
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2724
- Metacritic Critics #2045
- Metacritic Audience #1341
- Criticker #1120
- Douban #1049
- Kinopoisk #2000
- AlloCiné #1128
- Trakt #2037
Every rating
56–82
out of 100
A man and his young son journey on foot across a bleak, post-apocalyptic American landscape years after a cataclysm has destroyed civilization and most life on Earth. They are heading south towards the coast, carrying only a pistol for protection and a shopping cart of scavenged supplies. They must avoid roving bands of cannibals, find food and shelter, and sustain their hope in a world devoid of goodness, with the father striving to protect his son's innocence and humanity in a world that has lost both.
Details
- Director
- John Hillcoat
- Writer
- Joe Penhall
- Based on
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- Released
- 25 November 2009
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $32.0M
- Box office
- $27.6M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 19 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 21 →2 wins from 21 nominations across 15 ceremonies
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2010 | Best Actor | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2010 | Best Young Performer | Kodi Smit-McPhee | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2010 | Best Makeup | Nominee | |
| Australian Film Institute 2010 | Best Actor (International Award) | Kodi Smit-McPhee | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2010 | Best Cinematography | Javier Aguirresarobe | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2010 | Best Actor | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2010 | Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Kodi Smit-McPhee | Nominee |
| Scream Awards 2010 | Best Science Fiction Movie | Nominee |
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Critics' Choice Movie Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actor | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
| Best Makeup | Nominee | |
| Best Young Performer | Kodi Smit-McPhee | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Javier Aguirresarobe | Winner |
| Best Actor | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
Utah Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Viggo Mortensen | Winner |
Saturn Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
| Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Kodi Smit-McPhee | Nominee |
Scream Awards
2 nominations
| Best Science Fiction Movie | Nominee | |
| Breakout Performance – Male | Kodi Smit-McPhee | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Joe Penhall | Nominee |
Australian Film Institute
1 nomination
| Best Actor (International Award) | Kodi Smit-McPhee | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Cinematography | Javier Aguirresarobe | Nominee |
Denver Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
Houston Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Art Direction and Production Design | Chris Kennedy | Nominee |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Robert Duvall | Nominee |
Toronto Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
Venice International Film Festival
1 nomination
| Golden Lion | John Hillcoat | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society
1 nomination
| Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture | Mark O. Forker, Phillip Moses, Ed Mendez, Paul Graff | Nominee |