Beat writing may have given plenty of nonconformist
writers a voice back in the ‘50s but, judging from On the Road the movie, one thing is sure: it was never made for the
big-screen. Walter Salles should be lauded for his attempt to adapt Jack
Kerouac’s freewheeling prose, but he inevitably ends up with a road movie void
of plot and, ironically, direction. It is beautifully shot and Garrett Hedlund
turns in a charismatic performance as Dean Moriarty, although Sam Riley’s hokey
accent and Kristen Stewart’s naked but empty performance manage to further tarnish
the overall quality of the picture.
2/5
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