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Jun 16, 2011
100
In its masterful use of evocative imagery and music, Road to Nowhere is flawless.
Aug 4, 2011
90
His first feature in 21 years, this is also Monte Hellman's finest work, a hall-of-mirrors masterpiece about moviemaking with diversions more complex, and more enticing, than in the director's previous efforts (Ride in the Whirlwind, Two-Lane Blacktop).
Jun 9, 2011
83
The tone and subject at times recall David Lynch's "Lost Highway" and "Mulholland Dr.," but the approach is Hellman's own.
Apr 26, 2011
80
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."
Jun 9, 2011
70
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.
Jun 8, 2011
63
The script is busy and unconvincing, and much of the acting is lousy, but there are haunting touches.
Jun 7, 2011
60
Calling Road to Nowhere a noir is like referring to Hellman's cult classic "Two-Lane Blacktop" (1971) as a road movie: Technically correct genre assignations hardly do justice to either work's existential ennui and elliptical, Euro-jagged style.
Jun 10, 2011
60
The biggest flaw is the casting: only Shannyn Sossamon delivers a performance of even modest depth.
Jun 11, 2011
60
Despite its tai chi pace and genre-friendly characters, it's almost impossible to tell what's happening in the intriguing, intractable Road to Nowhere.
