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The Way (12A)

Action, Adventure, Comedy

An American father travels to France to recover the body of his estranged son who died while traveling "El camino de Santiago" from France to Santiago de Compostela (Spain).

More information on this production is available at www.theway-themovie.com.

The critical consensus

If you’re looking for a quiet, contemplative film, then this is the way to go.

***(*)(*)James Mottram, The List, 18/03/2011

First The Way Back, now The Way: since when did walking become a spectator sport? Give Mr Sheen his due though – he invests a long journey with heart and sole.

***(*)(*)Neil Smith, Total Film, 31/03/2011

Gentle, likable and profoundly touching, it makes you want to dig out the hiking boots and make the same journey.

****(*)Angie Errigo, Empire Online, 09/05/2011

It's got its share of hokey moments but Martin Sheen's performance is touching.

***(*)(*)Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman, 10/05/2011

The film becomes lovable, like a naif precocious son who expatriates about things he doesn't understand but has picked up from O and A levels.

***(*)(*)Nigel Andrews, Financial Times, 11/05/2011

Sheen, who is in virtually every scene, somehow manages to hold together this sincere, well-intentioned but unlikely film.

***(*)(*)David Gritten, The Telegraph, 12/05/2011

It’s Sheen who sets the tone and pace, leading his character, and the audience, to a place of wonder and calm.

***(*)(*)Alison Rowat, The Herald, 12/05/2011

Alternately rewarding and tedious journey.

Paul Greenwood, Evening Times, 12/05/2011

It's a well-intentioned and nicely performed piece.

***(*)(*)Phelim O'Neill, The Independent, 12/05/2011

It’s a film of foothills, not peaks.

Tom Seymour, Little White Lies, 13/05/2011

Writer and director Emilio Estevez has turned a decent idea into a foolish, sentimental piece of hokum.

**(*)(*)(*)Daily Record, 13/05/2011

Beyond the occasional beautiful background shot of the surrounding countryside, the film fails to make a compelling case for why we're being asked to join him on this particular trip.

**(*)(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 15/05/2011

If films were judged on the sincerity of their directors' good intentions, then The Way would be getting rave reviews...the sad fact is, though, that if you judge The Way on the quality of the finished product, there's less to applaud.

Nicholas Barber, The Independent, 15/05/2011

It looks good, is occasionally touching, always over-explicit, and usually predictable.

Philip French, The Observer, 15/05/2011

Made with great sincerity and charm, even if dramatically it meanders rather too purposelessly at times.

***(*)(*)Henry Fitzherbert, Daily Express, 13/05/2011


Features about The Way (12A)

The Way: interview with Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez

Craig McLean, The Telegraph, 21/03/2011

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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