After countless abortive attempts to adapt Jack Kerouac’s novel, the journey is finally completed by Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries). Sam Riley takes on the author’s alter-ego, Sal Paradise, with Viggo Mortensen and Tom Sturridge offering fine support as William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg. However, like the novel, the true spirit of Kerouac’s trip is Dean Moriarty, played by Garrett Hedlund, who reveals new depths under Salles’ direction.
