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• Sam said...

  Posted on Feb 21 2012 23:44 As you said Les, "Freedom of speech" meaning I can freely express myself when someone who is paid to speak from on high about something they know little about, when they decide to berate it just to be. The masses see these critics opinions as something worth hearing, so therefor they should be questioned, and confronted when they make a bad judgment, or should I only express my freedom of speech when it's in agreement with Les!

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• Les said...

  Posted on Feb 21 2012 18:12 Sam, If you bother to read other posters' comments, you will see that several of us have slated the film. We found it obvious, platitudinous, corny, etc. So Cath Clarke is not alone when she gives it a bad review. If you take a look at the reviews on RottenTomatoes.com you will see that film critics in general were divided on this one. Thank Liberty for freedom of expression!

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• Sam said...

  Posted on Feb 21 2012 14:54 Cath you are clearly the wrong person to review a film which is about walking the Camino, when you clearly have no idea what the Camino is, why are we subjected to the view from such narrow minded so called critics! Makes me think Timeout is a complete waste of time

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• Andy said...

  Posted on Jan 06 2012 14:54 Perhaps when Timeout once again becomes a formidable entertainment magazine they will be able to afford film reviewers that know what they are talking about. The Way is beautifully written and directed and drifts along in a most agreeable fashion. What it lacks in action and special effects it makes up for in a range of emotive encounters that surprise you with their weight. The way is a lovely, gentle and thoughtful film that provokes a significant amount of self-reflection. Well recommended.

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• stevhors said...

  Posted on Sep 15 2011 10:27 This film doesn't deserve the negative reviews it's been getting. OK some of the characters are cliches but the acting, apart from Nesbitt's early overdone rants, is first rate Strong story lines, beautiful scenery and the relentless feeling of a long distance walk make for an enjoyable film which will appeal to everyone, and there are many, who enjoy the outdoor life.

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• Ian said...

  Posted on Jul 02 2011 10:56 Hammy dialog. Corny story. Third-rate supporting players.
  I enjoyed every second of it. Go figure!

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• Oldie said...

  Posted on Jun 13 2011 09:04 As someone who is past walking 'The Way' myself, I loved it as did the people around me in the Cinema. Sheen didn't pick his fellow walkers, they picked him. Every walker has a story, this movie includes only four. I'm going to see it again and enjoy it all over again I am sure.

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• Anthony said...

  Posted on Jun 05 2011 23:10 Just caught up with this movie and was touched by it. Great central performance from Sheen, wonderful photography and a sprinkling of humour amidst all the grief. The arrival of Nesbitt halfway through threatens to ruin the movie but he calms down eventually. I think your reviewer must have been having a really bad day!

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• Paul said...

  Posted on May 23 2011 05:44 I must have been one of the few men in the cinema packed with groups of women on their second tasting of Eat Pray Love. What could have been a good film quickly degenerated in a Wizard of Oz like story of Sheen picking up various waifs and strays along the yellow brick road to SantiagoDC. Seemed to be habit for angst ridden white middle-class people with more money than common-sense whilst most people have to stay at home to work and bring up their families. A scene with the gypsies seemed to be a Guinness or Latino beer advert as cliche piles on cliche. If you are a critical thinker skeptical of theism, this film will push you over the line once you see the weak and self indulgent pilgrims to keep you company in a heaven. This could have been a great film about bereavement and self awareness, instead it mush for the Captain Corelli chicklit mush crowd who like their life platitudes

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• Les Reid said...

  Posted on May 21 2011 15:16 I went along to this film knowing that it was probably going to be fairly religious, given the setting of a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostella, but hoping that the landscapes of Northern Spain would compensate for whatever excesses of piety occurred. Unfortunately, they didn't. Two-dimensional characters and fake profundity were all the film had to offer, eg "It's not a question of the life you choose, but the life you live." - which phoney gem of wisdom is offered by the dead son to his father in flashback. Lay it on thick, please! Instead, "Is this tripe or trite or both?" was the question that haunted me.
  This film represents an attempt to cannibalise two very good films, Last Orders by Fred Schepisi and The Son's Room by Nanni Moretti. The former deals with a journey to scatter the ashes of their dead friend by a long-established but fractious group of Londoners. The latter is about the repercussions and recriminations within an Italian family after their son is killed in an accident. Both those films are convincing dramas, and both are well acted and well scripted - so they are totally unlike 'The Way', which tries to combine their central narratives.
  By all means, if you feel like a challenge, go and see "The Way". But you would probably have more fun crawling to Santiago on your hands and knees, pushing a pea with your nose. And feel just as enlightened at the end of your journey.

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• Ed said...

  Posted on May 20 2011 16:46 Hopeless bumper sticker of a movie. Emilio Estevez films always seem to be a bit broad. They always seem to walk up to big subjects but never get to crack the surface. BOBBY made all the right moves, as does this film THE WAY. But never for one minute was I convinced of the characters loss, or of the cut out / corny characters. I liked the fat Dutch guy most, but Martin Sheen was dislikeable (albeit, he was n mourning), and James Nesbitt was woeful and very annoying. Nice to see Emilio Estevez on the big screen again though. I think one of the montages went on for 20 minutes...
  Soppy, cliched, broad, and one for the soppiest of non-cynics...

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• Ed said...

  Posted on May 14 2011 00:58 What a heartless review. Even as an atheist I loved this film - yes it is a wee bit long but beautifully done, not at all preachy or heavy.

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• marc spotly said...

  Posted on May 13 2011 11:24 I really really enjoyed, this completely laid back, warm hearted film. I found its lack of instant spirituality great. No ones problems get solved. it was too short for me...

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• Green said...

  Posted on May 12 2011 11:12 Spot the atheist reviewer...ouch
  I liked it, doesnt really capture the hardship of the camino though. Would have thought the reviewer here would have had an affinity for the hack travel writer though...

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