Newcastle Film Society

A beautifully acted drama with steadily cumulative force, Hit the Road uses one family's journey across a rugged landscape, fussing over a sick dog and getting on each other’s nerves to make trenchant observations about society as a whole.

Few movie premises are more familiar than a family road trip and though it may not be immediately clear where the nameless characters are headed, while we’re riding along with them, it’s easy to feel at home.

There is bittersweet warmth and tenderness in this film.