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6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- They don’t come more clichéd than this indie road movie about three runaways who bond as they drive. But riveting, full-blooded performances from the young leads and a tough-love ending raise it above what you may expect.
- 60Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshLos Angeles TimesKatie WalshThe Road Within suffers from midfilm wandering and a hasty ending, but the message of self-acceptance rings true and clear.
- 30Village VoiceSam WeisbergVillage VoiceSam WeisbergThis is, of course, a movie about affliction, and it ultimately succumbs to the bland, sentimental uplift we've come to expect from such outings.
- 25Slant MagazineDrew HuntSlant MagazineDrew HuntThe film's tired sentimentality aside, its general lack of empathy is most damning.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleThe Road Within is never good. The presentation of Tourette’s syndrome may be authentic, but everything else about the movie — the emotions, the characters, the situations — rings false.