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Reservation Road
starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Elle Fanning, Jennifer Connelly, Mark Ruffalo, Samuel Ryan Finn
directed by: Terry George

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
EAN: 0025193344823
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 08, 2008
Running Time: 103 minutes
Sales Rank: 6614
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 2007

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Product Description:
Academy Award® nominee Joaquin Phoenix Mark Ruffalo and Academy Award® winners Jennifer Connelly and Mira Sorvino deliver riveting performances in the gripping thriller Reservation Road. A powerful human story of anger revenge and great courage this film takes you on an intense journey that follows two fathers as their families and lives converge after the events of one fateful night. "Suspenseful emotional and completely engrossing" (Pete Hammond Maxim) Reservation Road is "a deft satisfying thriller" (Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly).System Requirements:Running Time: 103 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/PSYCHOLOGICAL DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 025193344823 Manufacturer No: 62033448

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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

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Existential and engrossing thriller!
"Reservation road" is by far one of the most gripping and tense thrillers of the year. The previous similar movie that I keep in mind was the unforgettable classic of Claude Chabrol: "This man must die" .

A fateful night, an unpleasant and disgraced incident will join the lives of two well different families, and so the anger, despair and pain will involve the heart and minds of these uncomfortable parents. In this order of ideas, and after having lost the patience and faith in the judicial ... Read More

Rating:

- nothing new
Reservation Road. Where a child, Josh Learner, was killed in a hit-and-run. The story of the father Ethan (J. Phoenix), trying to get justice in his hands because the cops aren't finding who did it. So he hires a lawyer Dwight Arno (M. Ruffalo) to help him with his case.........

Nothing new here. That story has been done many many many times. However, the acting is superb, I really enjoyed Phoenix for once, and Mark Ruffalo is just great. Jennifer Connelly as Ethan's wife is perfect.
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Rating:

- Interesting Story Line, More Like 3.7 Stars
I liked this movie. The story line held my interest. While I agree with the acting abilities, I think there could have been more to this movie. I think the ending could have been better as well.

Worth watching.

Rating:

- Reservation Road to Boredom
This movie has three plot points that could be covered in fifteen minutes. The rest is filler. There is no real character development; no twists in the story. Nobody changes. The characters get stressed - that's all. Take out one swear word and this is a Lifetime movie. A waste of fine acting talent. A waste of time watching it.

Rating:

- An extraordinarily predictable film that's almost saved by great acting
[ No spoilers, I promise. ]

I was persuaded to rent this film on the strength of the cast, and the reviews on the box as well. And I wasn't disappointed in the cast; Mark Ruffalo and Jennifer Connelly were at the top of their form, and though Joaquin Phoenix was out of his league he delivered one of his best performances as well.

The problem was the script and story itself. I watched this film with a friend, and we came to it completely fresh; neither of us had read the book, ... Read More

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