The Way-rental

The Way

Rating 7.5 out of 10

Was talking with a friend of mine saying how there was a movie opening next week with Reese Witherspoon called Wild that looks interesting to me.  She plays a woman who has a good deal of bad things in her life (many caused by herself) and decides the way to heal hear soul is to take a 1000 mile walk in the mountains.  My friend said this reminded her of a movie she saw the trailer to but never got around to watching.  I decided to give it a try and was glad I did.

The Way stars Martin Sheen and his son Emilio Estevez whom also wrote and directed the film.  They play father and son.  The son decides to drop out of graduate school and begin living his life.  Dad is a wealthy doctor with a healthy work ethic who scoffs at his reckless son's plan to walk a famous trail in Spain called the Camino de Santiago or The Way of Saint James.  Thousands in Spain each year walk this trail to find spiritual enlightenment or to find their way.  Some just do it for the exercise to loose weight.

When a freak storm hits early in the sons trip and kills him Dad flies over to gather his remains and worldly goods.  After hearing the story behind the Walk and figuring it would honor his sons memory and help him cope with is grief he decides to make the walk himself and spread his sons ashes along the way.

As he makes his way along the trail he meets many different people.  Some of whom begin to tag along with him when all he really wants is to be left along and deal with his grief.  There are quaint cities along the way for them to stop, eat and sleep at allowing them to absorb some of the local cultures.

The movie drifts off into la-la land a few times but over all this movie is well worth the rental.  I found it on Amazon Prime but believe it's available on Netflix also.  The scenery is fantastic and Sheen's acting is first rate.  The movie almost made me want to give the trail a try.  Only I think I'd want to do it on my four wheeler which would most likely be frowned upon.

This is a good rainy day movie.  I liked it .