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The Road Review

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 4.0
    71

    out of 100

    Metascore®
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    critic review scores.

  • 60

    out of 100

    Variety Rob Nelson

    This low-budget shocker eventually pays off, displaying just enough narrative ingenuity to compensate for a cinematically crude and logistically sketchy deployment of the requisite blood-and-guts mayhem.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Robert Abele

    The film's three-pronged narrative does a fair job of laying a spooky groundwork for the revelatory emotional sadism that lies behind most acts of evil; it just takes a bit of clunky exposition to get there.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Village Voice

    Call it a haircut of "Psycho" with ectoplasmic additives, The Road still has a whispering menace and visual grandeur all its own.

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  • 90

    out of 100

    The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis

    The dead are unquiet and the living are terrified in The Road, a powerfully atmospheric blend of ghostly encounters, horrific situations and missing-persons mysteries from the Philippine director Yam Laranas.

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4

A creepy, atnospheric film by chambertlo
I was not expecting much from this film, but after the credits started rolling I realized just how emotionally invested I was in the characters and the events of this movie. There are so many subtle hints of what is really going on, that when you finally realize what was going on all along, you are left with that feeling of satisfaction that only a good film can produce. It's amazing how a low budget Filipino film can accomplish what few big budget American movies try to, with actors that are extremely talented and a script that was obviously crafted with care. Go see it if you simply enjoy good movies; it wasn't scary in the traditional sense of the term, but the creepiness of it will stay with you for a long time afterwards.

2

Ummm...I should;ve had one for road b4 seeing this... by equus001
I am a lover of all things horror, suspense, gore, etc.....this movie unfortunately made me laugh instead of being entertaining. I lauged bec i spent $7.50 on it. The idea of it was interesting, but the movie was slow and really was amateur level. The gore in the movie was the kind of thing I could do at home. I've had better looking gore and blood on me for halloween than this movie had. Like their budget was a couple bucks. Don't waste your hard earned money. Very disappointing.

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