The Roads Not Taken

    The Roads Not Taken
    2020

    Synopsis

    The film follows 24 hours in the life of father and daughter Leo and Molly, as they weave their way around New York City, until their ordinary but stressful day takes on a hallucinatory and epic quality.

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      Cast

      • Javier BardemLeo
      • Elle FanningMolly
      • Salma Hayek PinaultDolores
      • Laura LinneyRita
      • Branka KatićXenia
      • Dimitri AndreasMikael
      • Katia Mullova-BrindMel
      • Milena TscharntkeAnni
      • Debora WestonDentist
      • Aaron JoshuaTaxi Driver

      Recommendations

      • 60

        TheWrap

        Fanning and Bardem deliver two utterly devastating performances that show the power of despair met with unyielding love.
      • 60

        The New York Times

        Potter delivers her vision here in a form that’s perhaps too raw, too undistilled. There’s precious little lightness negotiating with the dark. Her lack of compromise is, as always, admirable — as is her way with actors.
      • 50

        The Hollywood Reporter

        Leads Javier Bardem and Elle Fanning are commanding actors who give it all they’ve got to make their characters realistic, but while the film can be intriguing, it is never truly moving.
      • 50

        IndieWire

        As dour in practice as it is bright-eyed in principle, Potter’s film makes an earnest but enervating attempt to erase mental boundaries.
      • 50

        Screen Daily

        Two bravura performances can’t disguise the thinness of a script that exposes just how uninteresting this ‘sliding doors’ game can be. The Roads Not Taken redeems itself, partly, through the compassion and sensitivity with which it deals with the mind-ravaging illness at its core.
      • 40

        Rolling Stone

        There’s no doubting Potter’s laudable ambition to capture the swirling headspace of her brother, who died in 2013. But in trying to restore his dignity in fighting the dying of the light, she’s neglected to portray him in the human terms that would let us share his spirit.
      • 40

        Los Angeles Times

        Despite the noble ambitions of writer-director Sally Potter (“Orlando, “The Party”), The Roads Not Taken proves a morose and baffling drama; a painful, snail’s-paced 85 minutes with little payoff.
      • 33

        The Playlist

        The Roads Not Taken is perfectly satisfactory in terms of style, but the film leaves much to be desired when it comes to content.