Review of On the Road (2012) by Justin Chang for Variety — 04 Dec 2012
Evocatively lensed, skillfully made and duly attentive to the mercurial qualities of its daunting source material, Walter Salles' picture pulses with youthful energy but feels overly calculated in its bid for spontaneity, attesting to the difficulty and perhaps futility of trying to reproduce Kerouac's literary lightning onscreen.
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This review of On the Road (2012) was written by Justin Chang and published by Variety on 04 Dec 2012.
On the Road has generally received mixed reviews.
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