Reservation Road

  • 2008


MOVIE IS conventional compelling imperfect overdue incoherent
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46 %
38 % Rotten
$ 1 Million
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Positive Reviews 24
Negative reviews 15
Average Rating 2.9/5
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3.8
Its a relentlessly downbeat, well acted melodrama thats easy to admire, but intentionally impossible to enjoy. Av Club
4.2
Yet theres a kind of tough beauty to this deft, satisfying thriller. EW
1.9
But in a film thats already established its protagonist as a raging, loathsome man, theres no room here for romantic notions of crime.
1.5
And the film doesnt conclude in macho posturing: The violence at the end is pathetic and fitful, leaving both men in tears and exhausted.
3.0
With a cast as good as this one, youre willing to look past the occasional glaring improbability.
4.2
Its a thundering character drama that charges headfirst into issues of responsibility and loss, permitting 100 minutes of screentime to stew in nerve .. E Film Critic
2.5
Justin Lin doesnt want his new film to be called a mockumentary, but if it uses a documentary format for satirical purposes, thats what Finishing the .. San Francisco Chronicle
3.1
Unrelentingly bleak, the movie is nonetheless a riveting drama with some outstanding performances... Ny Daily News
2.5
A film of distinguished performances that rise above a coincidence riddled and perfunctory screenplay without redeeming it. Philly
2.5
Undoubtedly a sincere film, but...feels like a movie thats escaped from the Lifetime Network. One Guys Opinion
1.5
Reservation Road is one of those movies where the characters suffer early and often. Village Voice
3.2
The pileup of coincidences makes this film inevitably seem like a car wreck... . Sover
3.1
As adaptations go, Reservation Road is imperfect; as movies go, it is a flawed presentation of compelling material and intriguing characters. ReelViews
3.1
Its hard to watch two fine actors working themselves into a lather for so little reward manifest emotional turmoil notwithstanding, the way their dove .. Tv Guide
1.9
This is an astonishing failure coming from director George, whose Hotel Rwanda was an uncommonly powerful and emotionally vivid achievement. Combust Ible Celluloid
3.1
In the end, however, Reservation Road wouldve clearly benefited from the presence of a stronger filmmaker behind the camera as Terry George just doesn .. Reel Film Reviews
2.8
Centered around coincidences so extraordinary they pull me out of the film. Eric Ds Nider
3.0
Rather than just another one dimensional they made me a vigilante movie, this is, um, just another two dimensional trudge of solemnity, delicately ext .. News Review
2.0
The actors bring a fragility to the characters that we really feel. Shadows On The Wall
2.5
The spectacle of grief unleavened by any real psychological depth is tedious, not cathartic. Cs Monitor
1.3
The dead kids father, college prof Ethan (Phoenix, confusing hairiness with acting) hires a lawyer who turns out to be Dwight Arno. New York Post
4.5
All performances are first rate, particularly those of Ruffalo and Phoenix. Film Journal International ..
1.9
Its hopelessly and ridiculously contrived. There are things here that make some of the plotting in your average Scooby Doo episode seem more plausible .. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
2.5
This might be the sort of reductive relativism youd expect from Terry George, the director of Hotel Rwanda. Boston
1.5
owerful and pitiful performances... make it a must see for fans of stars Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Ruffalo...
2.5
Georges heart is in the right place, but his storytelling skills and narrative logic are not, resulting in another incoherent film unable to decide wh .. Emanuellevy
3.0
When Reservation Road sticks to the dramatic gut, it is a deeply moving and penetrating study in human frailty. Q Network
3.8
Georges thriller reveals itself to be nothing more than a by the numbers melodrama thats only saved by the excellent performances... Cinema Crazed
4.5
Reservation Road, where the event central to this story takes place, is a symbolic crossroads for two families in this engaging drama about a hit and ..
2.2
And this is just the kind of obvious, shallow, hand wringing, by the numbers, heart wrenching movie that has the potential to get nominated for lots o .. Movies
2.0
o quote many other fathers, including my own, Im not mad at Reservation Road, Im just disappointed in it. Flim Threet
2.5
The film demands to be taken as a prestigious Oscar hopeful, but the material just doesnt have that level of potency; its more akin to a slick but for .. The Movie Boy
2.0
Actress Jameela Jamil uses drama over Kim Kardashians maternity shapewear to remind us to second guess everything tabloids write about women. Calendar Live
2.5
With a cast like Phoenix, Ruffalo and Connelly, you know youre in for, at the very least, some compelling performances a fact that thankfully saves Re .. Hollywood
3.8
In the end, if the movie connects with you on an emotional level than it is easy to enjoy even with its ample shortcomings. Movie Freak
3.5
Summary: Things We Lost in the Fire is an emotionally draining but still uplifting film about grief and redemption that should put Danish filmmaker Su ..
2.5
With lies and misrepresentations, Arno agonizes over turning himself in before hes caught while Ethans rage over his sons killer doesnt stop. Varia Gate
2.5
Too bad it offers nothing more perceptive or discerning than its blood soaked predecessors. Christianity Today
4.5
The filmmaker, whether in Rwanda or here at home, admirably weighs the difficult convictions and facile frailties of human nature, and those conflicti .. News Blaze
3.8
Its enough to keep us interested when the movie doesnt always deliver. Waffle Movies
3.1
Thats the effect of Reservation Road, a movie with a smart, restive cast (Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Connelly) and a thoughtful premise ( .. Chron
2.5
For all of the roiling emotion, it feels oddly flat, distant and one dimensional. Guide Live
3.5
Its the conflict between these two fathers that makes this worth a look. TheMovieChicks.com
1.5
Falls curiously flat, partially because that thriller aspect feels false. IGN Movies
3.5
A thoughtful and often compelling drama about grief, anger and revenge... Movies Ign
3.5
Though the story comes across as merely heightened TV fare, stellar acting by Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Ruffalo keep us in suspense. Compuserve
2.5
. A long overdue showdown between the distraught father and his sons killer set the climax, leaving the movie an overlong and threadbare exercise in s .. Film Critic 1963 Typepad
2.5
Ruffalo ... is the only thing that saves Reservation Road from being utterly forgettable. Metromix.com
2.5
Somethings missing, and its the question of whether any prison sentence can ever be as painful as living with guilt, its own form of inescapable punis .. Metromix.com
4.5
Phoenix and Ruffalo probably signed on to Reservation thinking that parts this good were few and far between; they were right, and watching the two of .. Cinematical
1.5
Whats remarkable about this material, paradoxically, is how thoroughly unremarkable it is. Esquire
2.0
Would be screenwriters are advised to catch Reservation Road on cable as it provides an object lesson of three awful script clichs that are to be avoi .. MSNBC
1.8
fodder more suitable for a moralistic made for TV after school special Old School Reviews
2.5
A disappointing drama featuring paper thin female characters is rescued only by a superb performance from Mark Ruffalo. Cinema Sight
2.5
Ultimately devolves into a Crime and Punishment esque moral exercise, with heavy handed social commentaries and a rough ending that left me with a bad .. Reelz Channel
2.5
Its a gripping enough subject matter that isnt exactly given an engaging or focused enough screenplay to be as powerful as it so desperately strives f ..



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