Director-music does not replace effective dialogue. The soundtrack just droned on and on. The plot can be reduced to 1. Shockingly old newspaper boy, really more like a newspaper man, goes down a creepy dirt road and seemingly rides around in the woods for over a month, not needing food or drink or shelter. He is shocked when his friends find him. And 2. A kid feels guilt and loss over the imagined death of his father and vows to live as a hermit in the same woods. They reunite and all is well, even though four tears had passed. All of this narrative happens with never ending mystery soundtrack playing and attempting to replace the myriad shortcomings of this DOA film.
Review of Down the Road
