Just watched "The Road" (2009). A dark, emotional sledgehammer that managed to leave me weeping for joy at the end, in spite of an uncertain, bleak future for all involved. Wow. That's some serious film making right there.

I've avoided this one because of how dark I heard it was. But those people who said it manages to actually be uplifting in the end (somehow) were right. This film is actually more of an inspiration than the movies that follow the cookie cutter "man faces failure, overcomes failure and gets the girl in the end" structure. Great, great movie

8.0/10.0