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Synopsis: On a warm September evening, college professor Ethan Learner, his wife Grace, and their daughter Emma are attending a recital. Their 10-year-old son Josh is playing cello - beautifully, as usual. His younger sister looks up to him, and his parents are proud of their son. On the way home, they all stop at a gas station on Reservation Road. There, in one terrible instant, he is taken from them forever. On a warm September evening, law associate Dwight Arno and his 11-year-old son Lucas are attending a baseball game. Their favorite team, the Red Sox, is playing - and, hopefully, heading for the World Series. Dwight cherishes his time spent with Lucas. Driving his son back to his ex-wife, Lucas' mother Ruth Wheldon, Dwight heads towards his fateful encounter at Reservation Road. The accident happens so fast that Lucas is all but unaware, while Ethan - the only witness - is all too aware, as a panicked Dwight speeds away. The police are called, and an investigation begins. Haunted by the tr
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Terry George
Production: Focus Features
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
46
Rotten Tomatoes:
37%
R
Year:
2007
102 min
Website
132 Views


Where are you going?

I have to see the police

and pick up the car.

Can't they bring it here?

I need to talk

to them anyways.

Your mom should be here soon.

Don't be long.

I won't.

I love you.

Thank you.

All right,

get the other side. Ready?

Did you catch him?

No, sir,

not yet, I'm afraid.

'Cause I saw

an SUV out there.

There. Right, there,

up on that truck.

Oh, no. That's been there

since Saturday.

Right here, sir.

Right there on that

chair right there.

But is that the make, though?

Well, yeah. I mean,

dark, same shape.

Keep the change.

Hey.

Hey, Dwight.

Dwight.

Yeah?

Yeah, were you in court

this morning?

No, the transmission went

on the Explorer,

so I spent the morning

dealing with that.

How'd it go this weekend?

This weekend?

It was okay.

- Hey, Donna.

- Hey, Dwight.

Yeah, why?

Ruth called.

Said you were late,

you were belligerent,

and that you dropped Lucas off

with a black eye.

Did she happen to tell you

that we were at the game

so we were rushing home

and that's when

so poor Lucas

hit his eye

I mean... And then...

So we show up at her place,

and she's having

some kind of a sh*t fit.

Look, buddy,

you can't get into

If she drags you in front of

a judge again, you're screwed.

You're right.

Nora Fannelli's

in the waiting room.

F***.

Hi, Nora, how are you?

Bored. I have been waiting

for 40 minutes.

Yeah, sorry.

I had some trouble

You look good.

Have you lost some weight?

Except for the color,

they're all so similar.

It just happened so fast.

That's okay, sir,

take your time.

I'm sure

it will come back to you.

We investigated the crash site

and we collected

Perhaps some of those

may help us.

Do you recognize

that jar, sir?

It's a peanut jar.

Josh collected

fireflies in it.

Do you think that's maybe

why he got out of

To collect fireflies?

To let them go.

DONNA ON PHONE. Dwight,

your taxi's here to take you

I don't want to do this,

Grandma.

Oh, come on.

Sure you do.

Hey, Dad.

Hey, baby.

How are you?

I'm good.

Ethan.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

My poor daughter.

I'm glad you're here.

No, no, baby.

You stay with me.

Okay.

We'll play some more,

All right. Okay.

Okay.

Is it my turn?

Yeah.

Hey.

They get anyone?

They don't have

anything yet.

Not anything?

Nothing.

Did you remember

anything else?

No.

Perhaps...

I didn't have...

I looked at the makes

of some cars

and they said

they sent some stuff

and in a few days...

Do you know

why he got out of the car?

Ethan?

What?

Let's not think

about it, Grace.

Ethan?

What do you

want to know, Grace?

Why'd he get out

of the car, Ethan?

They found

the peanut jar

Oh, Jesus.

I know.

Oh, Jesus.

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John Burnham Schwartz

John Burnham Schwartz (born 1965) is an American novelist and screenwriter. Schwartz is best known for his novels Reservation Road (1998) and The Commoner (2008). His fifth novel, Northwest Corner, a sequel to Reservation Road, was published in 2011. more…

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