5 Score

2007 • 1h 42min • R • Thriller, Crime, Drama

Reservation Road

"To find the truth you have to find who's hiding it."

Two fathers' lives intersect when one of them is involved in a terrible and sudden hit-and-run car accident that leaves the other's son dead. In response, the two men react in unexpected ways as a reckoning looms in the near future.

IMDb 6.6

RT 36%

MC 46

Director

Terry George

Writers

John Burnham Schwartz

Terry George

John Burnham Schwartz

Composer

Mark Isham

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Joaquin Phoenix

Ethan Learner

Jennifer Connelly

Grace Learner

Elle Fanning

Emma Learner

Sean Curley

Josh Learner

Mark Ruffalo

Dwight Arno

Mira Sorvino

Ruth Wheldon

Gary Kohn

Norris Wheldon

Eddie Alderson

Lucas Arno

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Gary Kohn Norris Wheldon

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