comedy-drama

The Road to Wellville is a 1994 American comedy-drama film adaptation of T. Coraghessan Boyle's novel of the same name, which tells the story of the doctor and clean-living advocate John Harvey Kellogg and clean-living advocate John Harvey Kellogg's methods employed at the Battle Creek Sanitarium at the beginning of the 20th century.

a historical fiction guide and movie about Harvey Kellogg, MD and Harvey Kellogg's wellness institute in Battle CreekMichigan , , hone of cereals

The Journey to Wellville is a historical fiction guide and movie about Harvey Kellogg, MD and Harvey Kellogg's wellness institute in Battle Creek, Michigan, hone of cereals.

a historical fictionalization of the breakfast boom in Battle Creek at the turn of the century

The Road to Wellville' is a 1993 novel by T.C. Boyle, a historical fictionalization of the breakfast boom in Battle Creek at the turn of the century, focusing on John Harvey Kellogg, Duhamel's world-famous sanitarium, Battle Creek's patients and Duhamel's peculiar treatment methods.

a fictional look at Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, , and the health-mania craze , the Battle Creek Sanitariumthat sprang up in the late 19th centuryfocused in the town of Battle Creek, MI

Based on T. C. Boyle’s novel, The Road to Wellville is a fictional look at Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, the Battle Creek Sanitarium, and the health-mania craze that sprang up in the late 19th century, focused in the town of Battle Creek, MI.

a heavily fictionalized story of John Harvey Kellogg, the Adventist doctor who invented corn flakes

The Road to Wellville (1993) is a heavily fictionalized story of John Harvey Kellogg, the Adventist doctor who invented corn flakes.

a fictionalized account of the Kellogg Sanitorium in Michigan , where the wealthy went in the early 20th Century to be quack healed

The Road to Wellville by T.C. Boyle is a fictionalized account of the Kellogg Sanitorium in Michigan, where the wealthy went in the early 20th Century to be quack healed.

horror/comedy/musical road movie

The film has been described as a horror/comedy/musical road movie.

a Comedy Romance movie

The Road To Wellville is a Comedy Romance movie.

western

While broadly categorized as a western, or an epic, the film encompasses several literary/film genres, including comedy, drama and adventure.

a fictional satirical story about Kellogg and John Harvey Kellogg's sanatorium

The Road to Wellville by T. C. Boyle is a fictional satirical story about Kellogg and John Harvey Kellogg's sanatorium.

a fictional portrait of two real-life brothers, the Kelloggs of Battle Creek, Michigan

The Road to Wellville, published in 1993, presented a fictional portrait of two real-life brothers, the Kelloggs of Battle Creek, Michigan, in a story set in the early years of the twentieth century.

horror road movie

The work has been described as ‘suburban melodrama meets horror road movie’, and horror road movie comments unapologetically on fetishism, masculinity and violence.

a fictional, satirical account of health consciousness

As we understand it, 'The Road to Wellville,' the book and the movie, is a fictional, satirical account of health consciousness.

a 1994 comedy/drama that depicted fashionable old-timey zapping at an unusual early 20th century health care facility, run by the eccentric Dr. Kellogg

The Road to Wellville is a 1994 comedy/drama that depicted fashionable old-timey zapping at an unusual early 20th century health care facility, run by the eccentric Dr. Kellogg.

Romance

Works within this category typically adhere to the characteristics of Romance but take place in a western setting, frequently the American frontier.

adventure story

The Road is an adventure story, a horror story, a road movie and ultimately a love story between a father and Hillcoat's son, between a man and Hillcoat's wife, as his wife is a celebration of the inextinguishable will to live.

a farcical examination of the career of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, inventor of the corn flake and other “gastrically correct” natural foods

The Road to Wellville is a farcical examination of the career of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, inventor of the corn flake and other “gastrically correct” natural foods.

action based

the road is very action based and at times has the feel of an action movie screenplay.

road movie

The film has some elements of a road movie.

a dystopian novel set in the wreckage of a modern civilization

The Road is a dystopian novel set in the wreckage of a modern civilization.