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The Way Back

(2010)

Rated PG-13 for violent content, depiction of physical hardships, a nude image and brief strong language.

PG-13 In Theaters 01/21/2011 , 133min.
Drama
Available on DVD
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Viewer Score
96%
Viewer score based on 101 ratings
Critic Score powered by Metacritic ™
66%
Critic score based on 33 reviews

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September 16, 2011
jandb221
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Extremely well done. Worth the time to watch. Amazing story if you like human drama. Take the time to watch the 45 minute or so discussion of how the movie was put together with filming in Bulgria, Morroco, Etc.
May 07, 2011
jackd1207
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Based on a true story. I felt that some of the time spent on the struggles these brave men faced, should have been spent in character development. Still a gripping, and worthwhile film.
January 29, 2011
Trisha2577
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This movie was so realistic. The acting was amazing. A must see!
January 27, 2011
pjs411
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OMG, this is the longest movie ever! I felt like I took the 4,000 mile walk with them and not in a good way. The freezing, the sweating, the thirst, the bug bites, the starving....the one-dimensional characters....definitely wait for it on dvd, but be forewarned that you will probably fall asleep. I am
January 25, 2011
ZmanMich
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Good movie

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Variety
This arduous travelogue focuses on the macro (stunning, David Lean-like landscapes) and the micro (countless closeups of blistered flesh) to the virtual exclusion of compelling characters. Full Review
Claudia Puig
USA Today
The Way Back, with its epic story and spectacularly bleak setting, invites comparisons with "Laurence of Arabia" and "Dr. Zhivago." It's awash in vast, unforgiving terrain. So it got the setting right, but not necessarily the substance. Full Review
Dan Kois
Washington Post
The Way Back diligently catalogs the outrages through which extreme cold, hunger and thirst put the body, and Weir's camera finds the terrible beauty in his actors' chapped lips, windburned cheeks and tenderized feet. Full Review
David Hughes
Empire
Weir couldn't make a boring film if his life depended on it, and for any other director The Way Back would be laudable. It's good, but from this director we have come to expect great. Full Review
J. Hoberman
Village Voice
His (Weir) hardship drama is stolidly old-fashioned, more extreme travelogue than exercise in visceral horror. Full Review