On the Road manages to capture late-'40s America in a feature centered on cross-country travel, smoking cigarettes, sex, drugs, drinking and stealing gas and food, but as a narrative it has little to nothing to say. The tedious result of this adaptation of
Jack Kerouac's famed novel is, however, unfortunate considering Eric Gautier's rich, smoke-filled cinematography,
Walter Salles's direction and stand-out performances from most of the cast.
Beginning in
1947, we're introduced to Sal Paradise (
Sam Riley), a writer who can't find anything to say. The words won't come, but inspiration comes knocking as he and his writer friend Carlo Marx (
Tom Sturridge) settle in for a night with Dean Moriarty (
Garrett Hedlund) and his new 16-year-old wife Marylou (
Kristen Stewart).
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