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‘Hallow Road’ Review: A Confined Car Ride Transforms in Head-Spinning Ways
Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys lead 'Hallow Road,' an anxious genre movie set during a late-night emergency.
Set almost entirely during an urgent car ride, Babak Anvari ’s “ Hallow Road ” begins as an intensely performed, deftly minimalist family thriller about two parents driving to the scene of their daughter’s accident while keeping her on the phone. It also helps if your film is led by Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys, a pair of powerhouse performers who not only find a careful balance between heartbreak and fury, but are tasked with selling an entire story unfolding off-screen. All the while, Anvari and cinematographer Kit Fraser ensure the camera is affixed to the car’s interior, capturing each exchange and emotional beat with visual clarity (they even delightfully exaggerate cellphone and dashboard lights for emphasis).
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