Review of The Way (2010) by James K — 22 Oct 2011

I wasn't sure what to expect going into this movie. Well, being a fan of The West Wing, I was hoping Sheen was in an intelligent role as his character Jed Bartlet was. I wasn't disappointed. Sheen play Dr. Jack Avery who assumes his dead son's pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago, also known as The Way of Saint James. During his journey, he collects a band of equally damaged travelers; his interactions with them allow Jack to examine, and come to terms with, his own issues just as Dorothy learned from the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion.

This is essentially a masculine version of Eat, Pray, Love. Unlike Julia Roberts' character, as a typical "man," Jack needed have a tangible goal in order to perform an action; the idea of traveling to find ones' self would've been foreign to Jack. Finishing his son's journey, gives Jack a goal to obtain and allows him take the journey along the road and within himself.