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On the Road

Movie · 2012 · 140 min

A restless, wandering journey through friendship and freedom, beautiful but meandering, with a bittersweet ache.

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2012 film directed by Walter Salles
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Year
2012
Runtime
140 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • freedom
  • identity
  • love
  • isolation
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

Details

Genres
drama, adventure, road, LGBTQ-related
Directed by
Sam Riley, Walter Salles
Written by
Jack Kerouac, José Rivera
Starring
Kirsten Dunst, Kristen Stewart, Amy Adams, Viggo Mortensen, Steve Buscemi, Terrence Howard, Elisabeth Moss, Garrett Hedlund
Music
Gustavo Santaolalla
Cinematography
Éric Gautier
Runtime
140 min
Country
Canada, United States, Mexico, France, United Kingdom, Brazil
Languages
French, English

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