Road to Nowhere

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  • Opened June 10, 2011 (Limited 6/10)
  • 2 hr 1 min
  • R | Some language and brief violence
  • Filmmaker Mitchell Haven (Tygh Runyan), shooting a movie about a real crime, casts an unknown actress (Shannyn Sossamon) who bears a disturbing resemblance to story's true femme fatale, and the crew begins to uncomfortably wonder if the actress and murderer are one and the same. Meanwhile, Haven's obsession with his beautiful lead grows deeper and more profound. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Tygh Runyan, Shannyn Sossamon, Dominique Swain, Cliff De Young, Waylon Payne
  • Director: Monte Hellman
  • Genres: Romance, Suspense/Thriller

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Stupid/Boring

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This was the most boring movie I have ever seen in my life. I did not get it at all. Horrible!! Waste of time! The critics gave this movie higher reviews than it deserves. I have it a 1 out of 10....

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cant understand this movie

by kwhibou

so i kept on watching to see if i would get it and i got the drift that the woman actress might really be the dead woman but every other thing in this movie is SOOOO far out that the characters...

Oh No!
It sucked very boring

by mfj2000

and i could not tell it was real or a dream the only thing was is music...

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Critic Reviews

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Arizona Republic
| Bill Goodykoontz

A beautifully made, glorious mess. Read full review

63
Slant Magazine
| Chuck Bowen

The script is busy and unconvincing, and much of the acting is lousy, but there are haunting touches. Read full review

60
Movieline
| Michelle Orange

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. Read full review

60
Time Out New York
| David Fear

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. Read full review

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Tygh Runyan as Mitchell Haven in ``Road to Nowhere.''