Road, Movie (2010)

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

This is a total ripoff of, well lets see.. Men in Black for one.. its almost the exact same story line. Seasoned cop is awaken to a new reality to perform in a similar capacity yet, in an outside the box reality....hmm. I could also argue that it rips off Back to the Future, The Matrix, Pirates of the Caribbean etc etc, It could have worked if the punch lines weren't so horrible. This was worse than the green Lantern. So bad. Oh Wait, Beetlejuice did the whole the afterlife is like an office scene first too.. why didn't they get Michael Keaton at the front of the line alreadyAnd dare I say they enter the realm of the awful The Frighteners where the outer world mixes with MJFs reality world.It's obvious they just took a lot of components from everything else and added the Green lantern to make it something more.Redbox, all the way.

A very different Indian film that I'm used to seeing. Small, personal, quirky, funny, and sometimes quite touching, it follows a young man using the excuse of driving his uncle's ancient Chevy truck across the desert as a way to get away from having to continue on with his father's hair oil business. Of course, along the way, he gathers friends and enemies, and learns a host of lessons about life, love, poverty and what it means to be a man. While it was fun to see this familiar story in such a different cultural context, it is still a familiar story, at times too familiar. There were also moments where the delicate blend of humor and reality didn't quite work - dangerous situations solved too cutely, complex relationships wrapped up in a few moments, important social issues touched on, but not explored.Still, this is beautifully photographed, well acted, enjoyable and a very human movie, that also shows the world-wide power of film (on the truck are projectors and old films that serve our hero more than once). Not quite a great film, but a charming, well made, and heart-felt one that's well-worth catching.

When, first I watched this movie, obviously got attracted more to the cinematography than the story. Second time I concentrated more on the characters and their acting. You bet, I had the same feeling as Vishnu at the ending soundtrack :)Vishnu is an educated, arrogant, selfish youth, like a boy, right out of the college, who wants to explore 'the world'. He is not happy with his life and has low opinion for everyone except himself.Vishnu defies everything and starts his journey. On the way, he meet different kinds of characters. Its beautifully portrayed, how his road trip, alters his personality and how Vishnu evolves from within.

Just came back from watching this movie and realized why Robert DeNero wanted these guys to send him a DVD of the movie. The movie is brilliant. The story is nicely written, the direction and cinematography is superb and the background score could not have been better. Now to the important part, the actors. Mr Benegal got together an excellent cast for the movie and they don't disappoint. Abhay Deol, as usual is awesome. Satish Kaushik and Yashpal Sharma, seasoned actors do their part well, but adding to this was the excellent performance by Mohammed Faisal(the boy) and Tannishtha Chatterjee. And the reason I am ranting about the actors is that there is one scene in the movie which could have either made or broke a masterpiece.This movie is a masterpiece. Go watch it.Rating- 9/10