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Reservation Road
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 0025193344823
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: MCAD62033448D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 08, 2008
Running Time: 102 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Editorial Review:
Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 08/26/2008 Run time: 103 minutes Rating: R
After grappling with civil war in Some Mother's Son and Hotel Rwanda, Terry George turns to the tranquility of the American suburbs. Based on the novel by John Burnham Schwartz, Reservation Road marks a smooth transition into seemingly alien territory. The Northern Irish director first introduces Connecticut professor Ethan (Joaquin Phoenix) and attorney Dwight (Mark Ruffalo). One night, they end up on the same road; Ethan is returning with his wife (Jennifer Connelly) and kids from a school recital, Dwight and his son are heading home after a baseball game. In an instant, Ethan's boy is killed in a hit-and-run accident. Dwight knows what he's done, but doesn't say a word, as he doesn't want to lose custody of his child. Impatient for justice, Ethan becomes convinced the authorities will never solve the case, so he tries to track down the killer himself. Coincidence builds on coincidence--Dwight's ex-wife (Mira Sorvino) teaches Ethan's daughter (Elle Fanning), and Ethan hires Dwight as his lawyer. Just as the attorney-client relationship forces the two men to work together, the script asks the same of these gifted actors. Fortunately, Phoenix and Ruffalo rise to the occasion. That said, movies about grieving parents can be a tough sell. It remains to be seen whether Reservation Road will benefit from the success of In the Bedroom and Mystic River--or suffer from the onslaught of cinematic grief. At the very least, it allows more light in at the end of its dark journey into the soul. --Kathleen C. Fennessy Stills from Reservation Road (click for larger image).
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Grade A Drama
"People keep saying you need to find closure. But there is no closure; there's only acceptance and resignation."
These are the rambling thoughts of a grieving parent and his struggle to live through the untimely death of his child in the brilliant and moving adaptation of "Reservation Road", a 1998 novel by John Burnham Schwartz. The film centralizes on four primary characters and the tragedy that binds them, starring Academy Award winning actresses Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind) ... Read More
Rating:  - Reservation Road
Reservation Road
This DVD is defective. It's counter is off......it starts at the end of the movie and it takes forever to rewind to get to the beginning of the movie......if you go even a second to far it goes back to the end. I have never had this happen so I didn't get a refund as I had thrown out the receipt and package. I then went to Blockbuster and bought this movie and the exact same thing happened. Defective. Once you do get it to the start the movie itself is excellent a 4 ... Read More
Rating: - I was reviled by this manipulative formulaic tragedy cliche! Groan
I couldn't wait for this film to end but let out a cry of injustice for myself at the upbrupt ending which left the viewer ( me, my partner decided to nap instead of finishing this dreadful film )intentionally without resolve. Never having read the book I knew from the get-go this was adapted from a novel as the vibe of storybook New England setting is the usual set up before the "tragedy" Unfortunately I dont think this mirrors any scenarion from real life. If it does then I can't blame Mark Ruffalo ... Read More
Rating: - Stand out performances!
I believe this movie will make any parent cringe. A young boy is killed in a hit and run accident and it shows how the parents deal with the loss and what the man who hits the child goes through.
While the plot at first reminded me of a lifetime movie the actors and actresses made all the difference in this movie. Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Ruffalo give stand out performances in this movie. For me they presented themselves like I have never seen them before. The emotion Joaquin gave in his performance ... Read More
Rating: - Incredible Performance by Mark Ruffalo; Not so much for the rest
As a father I found this movie almost difficult to watch at times due to its honest and raw portrayal of the loss of a child. Mark Ruffalo turns in a truly incrdible performance I thought and shows a whole new side of his acting that we haven't see in his other performances. The rest of the cast I wasn't as impressed with. Jennifer Connelly was either not given any direction or didn't have enough material to work with other than to look sad. Joaquin Phoenix I've enjoyed in his other roles but I didn't find him very ... Read More
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