Road to Nowhere 2010

Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times: The final scene offers clarity, at least, if not a satisfying payoff. Read more

David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle: Ultimately, the film gets too clever and confusing for its own good, while the slow pacing zaps momentum from the story (and the story within the story). Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: 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. Read more

David Fear, Time Out: Hellman's meta-thriller milks a let's-get-lost vibe for all it's worth; you're never sure where the Mobius strip ends and the movie itself begins. Read more

Keith Phipps, AV Club: The tone and subject at times recall David Lynch's Lost Highway and Mulholland Dr., but the approach is Hellman's own. Read more

Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: "Road to Nowhere" is a beautifully made, glorious mess. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: A stylish, shimmering neo-noir with a multi-layered narrative for which the director's longtime collaborator Steven Gaydos has written an exceedingly elliptical and challenging script. Read more

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Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: There are rewards to be teased out of Monte Hellman's enigmatic new picture, but you'll have to accept the title as a promise, rather than a threat. Read more

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: Has a great setup but not much in the way of a payoff. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: "The Road to Nowhere" plays like an exercise in frustrating audiences. Read more

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: A rabbit hole of enigmatic characters and swampy motives...Shot by shot, the film has a burnished, beautiful sheen. Read more

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Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice: [Combines] an almost quaint self-reflexiveness with state-of-the-art digital filmmaking... Read more