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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
133 Views


Oh, Jesus!

Grace, come here.

Oh, God!

Come here. Come here.

He was letting them go?

Yes.

But, Ethan, I told him!

No, no, no!

Ethan, I told him

they were gonna die!

Gracie, it's not your fault.

No, no, no!

What's happening?

Take Emma.

Ethan!

Grace.

Oh, God!

Come here, baby.

Come on.

Momma's gonna be

all right, okay?

Come on, baby.

Come on.

I'll get through

tomorrow, I promise.

I'll be beside you

every moment. Okay?

Come here.

We're gonna

get through this

I keep trying

to figure out what I did

Don't.

I'm so sorry.

No, Grace,

you didn't do anything.

Come on. Come on.

Come here.

It's okay.

Come here.

And the loss of Josh

has touched the hearts

Ethan, Grace and Emma,

your Josh is an angel now.

And for all of us,

he will remain

Josh was a beautiful cellist

and today, his fellow cellists

and his music teacher,

Ruth Wheldon,

Oh, Jesus Christ!

So how has this affected

The cable news channels

and your politicians

How so, Kambiz?

Well, they make you believe

you're a warrior nation

I mean, your machinery

is tough, but this country

That's bullshit. I mean,

we're fighting terrorism

We've never been stronger.

You're from Connecticut.

One of the most affluent,

comfortable,

My people,

like the rest of the world,

they come from a place... They

know about pain and suffering,

Are you saying that

Persians and Africans

I'm saying

these people live with pain

and death every day.

You don't.

You have become soft.

It's about economics.

Poor African-Americans,

We go through the same pain.

I agree.

But most Americans

I'm sorry, Professor.

No disrespect.

No. It's a perfectly

valid point.

So you're suggesting

that the media is in collusion

Hey, boy.

Hi, Mr. Learner.

Your wife's getting me

Oh, good. How are you?

Fine.

I brought some items.

I forgot to ask

if you wanted milk.

No, black is fine.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Well, we've made

some progress.

We've determined

that the SUV was fitted

How do you know that?

The autopsy indicates

a grill guard.

Josh suffered a severe blow

to his rib cage,

Unfortunately, one of them

pierced his heart.

He died instantly.

There was no pain.

So you're looking for

a dark SUV with a grill guard.

- Anything more?

- How do you know?

How do you know

that there was no pain?

Medical examiner

assured me.

So the grill guard certainly

narrows our choices down

We've also canvassed the area

and we set up checkpoints

But it's been a week now.

Yeah,

that's the point exactly.

See, people

are creatures of habit.

And we're hoping that someone

who travels that way

and may have

some information

But nothing yet? I mean,

he could be out of the state.

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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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