Review of The Way (2010) by Noahcoward — 25 Jun 2012
If the Barrymores or Fondas are the first family of acting, the Sheen/Estevez clan deserves serious consideration as the last.
So little talent, so much overwrought grimacing and flat delivery. In "The Way", Martin Sheen adopts a new chipmunk style of acting, in which he speaks with tiny little mouth movements and takes little steps like an upright chipmunk. Occasionally, Emelio Estavez. - the supposed "brains" behind the project - appears on camera in hallucination sequences and adopts the same chipmunk style, creating a veritable Alvin and the Chipmunks effect as father and son trade engage in kind of a dueling chipmunk extravaganza.
Sheen is an old grouch who goes on this stupid pilgrimage in search of a movie and presumably to help out Emelio's career. Too bad he doesn't run into Charley Sheen along the way but at the time he may have been off on his own "Torpedo of Truth" pilgrimage and thus unavailable.
This is a bad movie although the photography and music are OK and apparently the real life Pilgrimage to Santiago is quite popular.
This review of The Way (2010) was written by Noahcoward on 25 Jun 2012.
The Way has generally received positive reviews.
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