On the Road
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Walter Salles (CENTRAL STATION, THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES) and based on the iconic novel by Jack Kerouac, ON THE ROAD tells the timeless story of Sal Paradise (Sam Riley), a young writer whose life is shaken and ultimately redefined by the arrival of Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund), a free-spirited, fearless, fast talking Westerner and his girl, Marylou (Kristen Stewart). Traveling cross-country, Sal and Dean venture out on a personal quest for freedom from the conformity and conservatism engulfing them in search of the unknown, themselves, and the pursuit of “it” -- the pure essence of experience. Seeking uncharted terrain and the last American frontier, the duo encounter an eclectic mix of men and women -- Bull (Viggo Mortensen), Camille (Kirsten Dunst), Carlo (Tom Sturridge), Jane (Amy Adams), Terry (Alice Braga), Galatéa (Elisabeth Moss) – each impacting their journey indelibly.
- Director
- Walter Salles
- Writers
- adapted from the novel by Jack Kerouac, Jose Rivera
- Actors
- Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Amy Adams, Tom Sturridge, Danny Morgan, Alice Braga, Elizabeth Moss, Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen
- Genre
- Drama
- Run Time
- 2 hours 4 minutes
Reviews from Rotten Tomatoes
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If there were an On the Road museum, this could be the elaborate diorama at its center.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine, 12.24.2012 -
A pleasant but undistinguished adaptation of Jack Kerouac's 1957 novel about himself and his Beat friends in the late forties.
David Denby, New Yorker, 01.14.2013 -
While Kerouac's odyssey lacks conventional narrative or novelistic beats (though it comes with plenty of the other kind), the restlessness of the prose has its own cinematic allure.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 03.21.2013 -
It's neither the first nor the best road trip that Mr. Salles has brought to the screen.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal, 12.21.2012
