Review of On the Road (2012) by Jennifer T — 02 Sep 2012

Visualmente agradÃ¡vel (thanks to Salles), mas ficou faltando aquele impacto na narrativa.

This review of On the Road (2012) was written by Jennifer T on 02 Sep 2012.

On the Road has generally received mixed reviews.

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I think this is a far cry from the Kerouac book, which I once tried to read and gave up due to it being a bit of a acid-soaked shambles…

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