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  • 2011
  • R
  • Monterey Media
  • 2 h 1 m
  • 2011
  • R
  • Monterey Media
  • 2 h 1 m

Summary There's a murky tenuous balance between reality and fiction; particularly when it involves a beautiful young woman, murder, a powerful politico, a missing fortune and suicide. A passionate filmmaker, creating a film based upon a true crime, casts an unknown mysterious young woman bearing a disturbing resemblance to the femme fatale in th...

Directed By: Monte Hellman

Written By: Steven Gaydos

  • 2011
  • R
  • Monterey Media
  • 2 h 1 m
  • 2011
  • R
  • Monterey Media
  • 2 h 1 m

Road to Nowhere

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews
59
User Score Universal Acclaim
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Summary There's a murky tenuous balance between reality and fiction; particularly when it involves a beautiful young woman, murder, a powerful politico, a missing fortune and suicide. A passionate filmmaker, creating a film based upon a true crime, casts an unknown mysterious young woman bearing a disturbing resemblance to the femme fatale in th...

Directed By: Monte Hellman

Written By: Steven Gaydos

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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41% Positive
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53% Mixed
9 Reviews
6% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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6% Negative
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100
Jun 16, 2011
In its masterful use of evocative imagery and music, Road to Nowhere is flawless.
By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 26, 2011
Monte Hellman's first feature film in 21 years is one of his finest and deepest, a twin peak to his 1971 masterpiece, "Two Lane Blacktop."
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70
Jun 9, 2011
If Mr. Hellman's movie only partly fulfills its promise as a gripping neo-noir mystery, his stylistic hallmarks lend it a singularly haunting atmosphere.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 10, 2011
The biggest flaw is the casting: only Shannyn Sossamon delivers a performance of even modest depth.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 21, 2011
Road to Nowhere, a neo-noir in which art imitates true crime (or is it vice versa?), is bound to be a thrill ride for some - and a head-scratcher for others.
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50
Apr 26, 2011
Audiences can either fight it, trying to make sense of the shaky plot, or flow along with the film's languid, doomed romance accompanied by the southern poetics of singer-songwriter Tom Russell.
By Natasha Senjanovic FULL REVIEW
30
Jun 6, 2011
Road to Nowhere is a dead end. Most of the performances are carved from balsa wood. [13 & 20 June 2011, p. 129]
By Anthony Lane FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Tigers Den Studios
Release Date Jun 10, 2011
Duration 2 h 1 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Illusion is the first of all pleasures
Website http://www.roadtonowherethemovie.com/
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Awards

Venice Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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