The Reel Deal
The Way(rated PG-13), starring Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, and Deborah Kara Unger, with an interesting supporting cast!
*I had the opportunity to attend a special preview of 'The Way' at the 2011 AARP National Convention, in Los Angeles, Ca., on Sept. 23rd. It is coming soon to select cities, and I can only hope that your city has been selected!
Tom(Sheen) must travel to Europe to retrieve the body of his estranged son, Daniel(Estevez), after he died in an accidental fall, while attempting a France to Spain 'El Camino de Santiago' trek, or 'The Way.' While Tom is seeking answers to this estrangement, he is also seeking to find peace in his own life, and begrudgingly decides to complete the trek himself. He meets many along the way, and seems to have his judgments imposed on each. Through the difficulties he encounters, as well as seeming communication with Daniel, his life is transformed.
This film will not win any Academy Awards. There is just something that is not meant for this artwork to accomplish. It will win the hearts of all who invest whatever money it costs to see and hear it. Sheen is transcendent, Estevez is simply good, and the dialogue - though sometimes seemingly trite and displaced, or even disjointed - is integral and wrapped to deliver the message that Estevez intends. After all, he also wrote and directed the film, so he must have known The Way!
Editor's note: Upon completion of this film, Estevez and Sheen actually did complete The Way!
*I had the opportunity to attend a special preview of 'The Way' at the 2011 AARP National Convention, in Los Angeles, Ca., on Sept. 23rd. It is coming soon to select cities, and I can only hope that your city has been selected!
Tom(Sheen) must travel to Europe to retrieve the body of his estranged son, Daniel(Estevez), after he died in an accidental fall, while attempting a France to Spain 'El Camino de Santiago' trek, or 'The Way.' While Tom is seeking answers to this estrangement, he is also seeking to find peace in his own life, and begrudgingly decides to complete the trek himself. He meets many along the way, and seems to have his judgments imposed on each. Through the difficulties he encounters, as well as seeming communication with Daniel, his life is transformed.
This film will not win any Academy Awards. There is just something that is not meant for this artwork to accomplish. It will win the hearts of all who invest whatever money it costs to see and hear it. Sheen is transcendent, Estevez is simply good, and the dialogue - though sometimes seemingly trite and displaced, or even disjointed - is integral and wrapped to deliver the message that Estevez intends. After all, he also wrote and directed the film, so he must have known The Way!
Editor's note: Upon completion of this film, Estevez and Sheen actually did complete The Way!
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