On the Road

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Directed by

Walter Salles

Starring (View all)

Sam Riley
Sal Paradise / Jack Kerouac

Garrett Hedlund
Dean Moriarty / Neal Cassady

Kristen Stewart
Marylou / LuAnne Henderson

Amy Adams
Jane / Joan Vollmer

Tom Sturridge
Carlo Marx / Allen Ginsberg

Alice Braga
Terry / Bea Franco

Elisabeth Moss
Galatea Dunkel / Helen Hinkle

Danny Morgan
Ed Dunkle / Al Hinkle

Written by

Jack Kerouac

Jose Rivera
(screenplay by)

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An average movie

9 years, 8 months ago at Aug 23 8:14

johanlefourbe

1 vote

It is rather surprising that it took them so long to finally adapt this seminal US classic and when I heard that Walter Salles was directing, it sounded really promising but, when it was released, it was rather poorly received. I still wanted to check it out though. Eventually, even though it was a decent attempt, the whole thing was indeed still rather disappointing. I mean, it did look pretty go... read more

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11 years, 2 months ago at Mar 6 23:07

Goodboi

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Sal and Dean and Marylou are ready to go On the Road and the asphalt beckons, but the screen refuses to ride along.

It’s been ever thus with Jack Kerouac’s epochal tome of restless youth. There’s been talk of a film version of On the Road right from the 1957 debut of this Beat Generation classic, including a movie that Kerouac hoped to make starring himself and Marlon Br... read more

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2 years, 2 months ago at Mar 13 1:36

fernando

1 vote

(Mu) Salles takes too much time, and laousy non lineal narration, to reach the characters and hoy they hit or are hit on the road. Once in the car with Mama, or in Lusiana, naked in Arizona, Mad in Mexico, sad in Denver, the film camen closer to honour Kerouac

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Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and lows throughout the U.S.

Release date: 23 May 2012

Tags: Drama (7), 2012 (6), Adventure (5), 2010s (4), Kristen Stewart (3), Road Trip (3), Based On Book (3), Road Movie (3), Beat Generation (3), (3), 2011 (2), Garrett Hedlund (2), Drugs (2), Amy Adams (2), Terrence Howard (2), Walter Salles (2), Jack Kerouac (2), 2010's (2), Sam Riley (2), Lgbt (2)

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fernando posted a review 2 years, 2 months ago

“(Mu) Salles takes too much time, and laousy non lineal narration, to reach the characters and hoy they hit or are hit on the road. Once in the car with Mama, or in Lusiana, naked in Arizona, Mad in Mexico, sad in Denver, the film camen closer to honour Kerouac” read more