# The Road (2009)

> A father and son cross a dying America where every meal, stranger, and moral choice tests whether humanity can survive its own collapse.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/12524

## Facts

- Runtime: 111 min
- Genres: Adventure, Drama
- Director: John Hillcoat
- Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce, Molly Parker, Michael Kenneth Williams, Garret Dillahunt
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898367/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: bleak, harrowing, melancholic, serious movie night, literary adaptation watch

## Synopsis

A harrowing journey through a bleak landscape where survival is the only goal.

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