Road, the - Best Actor of 2009  
| One of the toughest and most harrowing movies to watch was also one of the most moving and hopeful films of the year. For two hours we are taken through a post-apocalyptic world where we never find out what caused it, but are shown a desolate place where only a few houses and buildings remain. Viggo Mortensen gives the best performance by an actor this year as a father trying to protect his son from cannibals, starvation, and other dangers lurking around the corner. It is a story about survival, and what is inside us that makes us push and will our way through, when all hope is lost. It’s about the people that fight to remain good, when the easy way out is death or destruction. It’s about the bond a father has with his son, and the sacrifices one will make for the ones they love. It’s about both the high and low extremes humanity can come to during times of conflict. It’s one of the best films of the year.
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