Road, The

Road, The is rated R: for some violence, disturbing images and language.

Release Date: 16 October 2009

Because we only review G, PG, and PG-13 movies at Parent Previews we did not review this title. For your convenience, we have provided some brief information about the film’s synopsis and content.

Synopsis: In a frozen and post-apocalyptic world, a father (Viggo Mortensen) and his son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) set out on a long road in search of life or anything like it.

Studio: Dimension Films

Director: John Hillcoat

Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Kodi Smit-McPhee

Studio: 2009 Dimension Films. Visit the official movie site.

This additional information about the movie’s content is taken from the notes of various Canadian Film Classification boards:

Violence:

- Portrayals of graphic violence, with occasional gory and grotesque images.

- Occasional upsetting or disturbing scenes, including portrayals of suffering and extreme distress, some of which involve children.

- Frequent nightmarish images, including detailed portrayals of corpses.

Sexual Content:

- Buttock nudity seen in a non-sexual context.

- Embracing and kissing.

- Mild sexual innuendo.

Language:

- Infrequent use of the sexual expletive and variations.

- Infrequent profanity and cursing.

Drugs and Alcohol:

- Tobacco use

Other depictions of the world ending in calamity are found in The Day After Tomorrow, The Day the Earth Stood Still and 2012.

Viggo Mortensen stars as Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, and Charlize Theron (who also appears in this movie) can be seen in The Italian Job and That Thing You Do.