Depressing?  A little.  Inconsistent? Yes.  Stupid?  Very.  Viggo, ya should have boogied earlier or joined your wife.  As far as post-apocalyptic movies go, I would give this a C.  I could see Kevin Costner in this movie in Viggo’s place.  When Robert Duvall’s character shows up, I didn’t recognize him but thought to myself, that should be Robert Duvall.  And it was.  I think what was missing was there were no Zombies.  That would have made the movie more enjoyable.  Bad plot, mediocre characterizations, and with the mediocre characterizations came a movie that I could not believe.  How did the teddy bear go through the rain and mud and yuck and never get dirty?  How did Mortensen and his son survive the first six or seven years after the disaster and still do so many stupid things when they were chased by the cannibals?  Too many inconsistancies of plot.   SPOILER ALERT:  Kid, watch out, they are going to eat you.