Rating: Kernel
Coming home from a recital, the Learner family stops at the gas station on Reservation Road. It will be the last time they see their 10-year-old son Josh alive as he goes by the side of the road to set free some fireflies.
Dwight Arno and his 11-year-old son Lucas are on their way back from a Boston Red Sox game. As he’s driving his son to his ex-wife’s house, he must past by the gas station on Reservation Road. Speeding around the corner, Dwight loses control of his SUV and hits a young boy on the side of the road. He slows down to stop, but when his sleeping son awakes, he drives off, pretending nothing ever happened.
A story of anger, courage and revenge, Ethan Learner, Josh’s father, searches for his son’s hit-and-run murderer.
Throughout the whole movie I find myself frustrated with the dramatic irony. I just want either Ethan to find out the truth or have Dwight confess to the police. Reservation Road drags on as the two fathers meet each other more frequently as the movie progresses. It doesn’t make sense to me that someone who committed a hit-and-run would be parked in front of the church as the family and friends of his victim are leaving the funeral.
Reservation Road, a movie that tries to give us answers about how people deal with the grief of losing a loved one in a hit-and-run accident, leaves us with no concrete answers. The story is missing the meat and potatoes that this movie deserves. If your looking for a DVD to rent this week, Reservation Road would be on my top 100 list, but it sure wouldn’t cut my top 10!
Release Date: October 19, 2007
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