A powerful and inspirational story about family, friends, and the challenges we face while navigating this ever changing and complicated world. The movie follows a father who heads overseas to recover the body of his estranged son who died while traveling the 'El camino de Santiago,' and decides to take the pilgrimage himself.
2 April 1967, New York City, New York, USA
12 May 1966, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
7 August 1963, New York City, New York, USA
16 April 1964, Baarn, Utrecht, Netherlands
9 June 1967, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco, Spain
1942, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
23 July 1995, Madrid, Spain
9 July 1969, Fribourg, Switzerland
3 August 1940, Dayton, Ohio, USA
1960, Spain
1962, Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
1 January 1941, Sa Pobla, Balearic Islands, Spain
15 January 1965, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
19 September 1963, Los Angeles, California, USA
5 October 1955, Madrid, Spain
25 November 1936, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
1976, Madrid, Spain
July 13, 2016
Emilio Estevez and father Martin Sheen may have made this heartwarming pilgrimage movie with troubled brother/son Charlie in mind-in hopes that he'd see the need for a thorough soul-cleansing.October 21, 2011
Heartfelt if occasionally plodding.October 20, 2011
With "The Way," writer-director Emilio Estevez has made a respectable failure.November 04, 2011
Okay, since the destination is preordained, what does the script do en route? Estevez's answer is two-fold: minor episodic adventures + incessantly repeated montages.October 14, 2011
It could have come out sentimental, but doesn't. The secret is the matter-of-factness.January 06, 2013
Easygoing, touching, and a nice vehicle for Martin SheenJune 30, 2012
Martin Sheen shines in a beautifully made, unforced tale of spiritual reawakening and self-discovery that is as life-affirming as it is entertaining.February 11, 2013
Emilio Estevez hasn't just been making wine lately. His film The Way, an inspirational drama, is a thoughtful travel pic worth seeing.February 18, 2014
Emilio Estevez directs a road-trip movie with a different twist: The characters are all walking. 'The Way' refers to the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, a Catholic pilgrim's journey that reaches 550 miles across France and northern Spain.April 29, 2012
The Way is inspiring, cathartic, poetic, hopeful, and makes you want to throw on a backpack, start walking and find yourself.November 04, 2011
Estevez takes full advantage of the beautiful mountain scenery, dramatic skies and ancient architecture to give us moments of quiet wonder.October 13, 2011
"The Way" is overly earnest and clumsily directed by Emilio Estevez (the non-prodigal son of Sheen). Yet it is nonetheless effective in evoking empathy and introspection.