On The Road Review

Book brothers---Sam Riley and Garrett Hedlund as a young writer and his good friend in On The Road
                      Based on the highly acclaimed novel by Jack Kerouac...On The Road is both the worst film of the year thus far and is the one I enjoyed the least. It is a boring, pretentious, unbearable film that I honestly can't see anyone enjoying. With a humdrum narrative, incredibly bad acting by actors both terrible and great and incredibly horrible direction from the generally reliable Walter Salles....this is not just a bad film...this is an insultingly bad one.

                        The film follows young writer Sal Paradise (Sam Riley) whose life is changed when a carefree man named Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund) shows up in his life. Along with Dean's 16 year old wife Marylou (Kristen Stewart)...the three hit the road in search of inspiration and good times. It's too bad the audience doesn't get to share in even a single one of those good times.
                          
                         I have never been a fan of actors such as Hedlund, Stewart and Elisabeth Moss who show up in the film. However, why good actors such as Riley, Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, Amy Adams and Steve Buscemi are doing in here is beyond me. The script follows the book way too significantly. While the book's purpose was to follow no real plot...the movie's purpose should have been contrary to that. Also...the film goes on and on and on and on for two hours to the point where I was tempted to walk out. The film also has a feel that is all too grim for its own good. It is an incredibly depressing film to watch.

                          The film doesn't even try. While some may see themselves in Sal or Dean...no one and I mean no one will enjoy this film. This is due to the fact that the film is too much like an inside joke. By this I mean that only the cast and crew of the film have any idea what the film is even trying to talking about. There is  absolutely no reason to see it. Within 15 minutes of the film....I was about to walk out. Why didn't I? It's simple---I wanted to tell everyone how horrible this film is and I felt it would have been unfair to do so if I walked out. So here it goes---do not see On The Road. Do not give these people your money. These people didn't even try to make a satisfying film and ended up making a film worse than anything I have seen in the last three and a half months this year.
(0 out of 5 Stars, The film is rated R for strong sexual content, drug use and language)