The Road Movie
Oscilloscope | Release Date: January 19, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Time OutMichael GingoldJan 20, 2018
Kalashnikov eschews submerging us in twisted metal and carnage. Instead, The Road Movie is a study of human nature under unusual circumstances, revealing the often stoic and nonchalant nature of the Russian character Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJan 18, 2018
Suspenseful and funny, occasionally poignant and often nearly unbelievable, it captures a certain sociological flavor while remaining universally accessible. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJan 18, 2018
Between the defensive driving and offensive behavior, and vice versa, The Road Movie is a gleeful rubbernecker’s large popcorn’s worth of crazy. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comVikram MurthiJan 19, 2018
The Road Movie operates on a unique tonal wavelength, one that’s both manic and oddly comforting. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)John SemleyJan 18, 2018
The effect of watching these viral videos as a "movie" feels genuinely singular – suspending the viewer somewhere between reality and documentary, between the dash-mounted long takes of Abbas Kiarostami's "10" and the combustible vehicular carnage of Michael Bay's "The Island," between cinema and something else. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoJan 17, 2018
Kalashnikov is also smart enough to keep The Road Movie down to 67 minutes, which is all he needs to create this particular vision of hell. (And, by the way, he does so without showing bloody or mangled bodies.) Read full review
75
The Film StageJared MobarakJan 16, 2018
While I really like how Kalashnikov doesn’t inject himself into the footage with chapter titles, narration, or government officials explaining things, it’s difficult not to wonder if a bit more guidance could have helped The Road Movie from risking reductive criticism as a glorified YouTube playlist. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreJan 5, 2018
The Road Movie is not a narrative film. It doesn’t tell a story, even though there is comedy, tragedy, madness and romance amidst all the crashes and explosions. Read full review
70
The New York TimesTeo BugbeeJan 18, 2018
The camera offers no protection; it only provides a witness. Fortunately for audiences, it’s more pleasurable to witness anarchy than it is to experience it. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineEd GonzalezJan 14, 2018
The film is a doodle, but in its offhanded way, it effectively attests to the resolute nature of the Russian character. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovFeb 21, 2018
The fact that Russians appear to have dash-cams as standard equipment in their four- and two-wheel rides is as foreign and fascinating as anything President Donald Trump could come up with. Read full review
50
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlJan 18, 2018
The mayhem is hypnotic, scabrous, scarifying, unpredictable, astonishing, dispiriting, repetitious, clearly both amoral and immoral, and by the end, a little dull. Even over the short running time, you can feel your humanity’s diminishment. Read full review
37
Washington PostKristen Page-KirbyJan 17, 2018
There’s very little to say about The Road Movie. That’s because there’s very little to The Road Movie. Read full review
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