Reservation Road by John Burnham Schwartz

The film also suffers from some unbalanced performances. The two families are already connected via the school where Sorvino teaches music, so Phoenix’s oblivious decision to secure Ruffalo’s services as a lawyer shortly after the tragic event feels like a coincidence too many, rather than the juicy irony it should be. Part of the film’s problem lies in its implausibility.

Racked with guilt, he nevertheless disposes of the incriminating vehicle and tries to go on with his daily life, while an increasingly obsessive Phoenix, frustrated with the law, begins his own investigation. Divorced father Mark Ruffalo kills the son of Joaquin Phoenix and Jennifer Connelly while rushing to get his own boy home to ex-wife Mira Sorvino before losing his weekend access. character-driven as it is, it reads like a thriller, swift and complete.Terry George’s glum adaptation of John Burnham Schwartz’s 1998 novel tells the tale of a hit-and-run accident and its effect on two families, and despite the sort of cast and storyline that traditionally bait Oscars and garner awards across the board, is making its debut on DVD in this country. This is one of those rare-very rare-novels that you don't so much read as inhabit and that makes everyday life seem altogether mysterious.' - Entertainment Weekly

'Thrums with suspense and moral ambiguity. This is an astonishing tale of love and loss, rage and redemption, that is as suspenseful as it is emotionally compelling. As these two men's lives unravel, Reservation Road moves to its startling conclusion. Dwight, a man at once fleeing his crime and hoping to get caught, wrestles with overwhelming guilt and his sense of obligation to his son. Ethan, a respected professor of literature at a small New England college, is wracked by an obsession with revenge that threatens to tear his family apart.

Two haunted men and their families are engulfed by the emotions surrounding an unexpected and horrendous death. A powerful and affecting novel.'- The New York TimesĪ tragic accident sets in motion a cycle of violence and retribution in John Burnham Schwartz's riveting novel Reservation Road. 'A dark and irresistible miracle: a heartbreaking thriller.'- Los Angeles Times A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

Reservation Road by John Burnham Schwartz