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The Way Back
PG (SINGAPORE)
2011
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Positive Reviews
67
Negative reviews
6
Average Rating
3.6
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3.5
Movie Review Movie Review The Way Back B Movie Review The Way Back B B The Way Back Director Peter Weir Runtime 133 minutes Rating PG 13 Cast Jim Stur ..
Av Club
1.5
Such a confusion of scope and themes undoes The Way Backs bid for emotional resonance, or even fundamentally satisfying storytelling.
Den Of Geek
4.5
Affleck isnt suave here; whatever charm Jack has is suffocated under layers of scar tissue.
Indie Wire
4.0
An epic tale of survival, The Way Back is a film audiences can applaud.
We Got This Covered
2.5
Essentially a tale of the indomitable human will to survive, The Way Back is more notable for its mind bending visual depiction of this insane trek (t ..
Austin Chronicle
1.5
Ultimately, however, The Way Back fails to connect on the all important visceral, emotional level.
Austin Chronicle
4.0
That rare mainstream studio movie geared to grownups, The Way Back should enjoy solid word of mouth which the film will need for strong commercial leg ..
Screen Daily
1.5
Despite this, the linear narrative that plays out has enough humor and heart to stagger through the awe inspiring scenery, resulting in a tepid yet en ..
Collider
4.5
Yes, Ben Affleck is a movie star, but hes been a movie star for over 20 years, and thats hard to do.
Collider
4.5
The Way Back hits familiar beats but, again, at least OConnor and Ingelsby doesnt let its main character off so easy.
The Young Folks
4.0
And yet the movie is immensely satisfying on nearly every level, a long and slow trek thats thoroughly captivating once you settle down into it and al ..
Cinema Blend
5.0
Though much of Applause, a Dutch film just asking to be remade with Julia Roberts or Sandra Bullock, feels confining and self aggrandizing, theres no ..
Ny Daily News
4.5
At times its grueling, and even difficult to watch, but its a remarkably powerful film.
JoBlo
4.0
Regardless of what is true or untrue, The Way Back is a compelling story with filled strong characters, believable scenarios and beautiful storytellin ..
Screen Rant
3.1
Actually, the relatively easy escape.In these remote parts, iron bars definitely do not the prison make.
The Globe And Mail
3.8
With the possible exception of Terence Malick, no one surpasses him in conveying the lure and awe of place and its transforming effects on people.In T ..
Philly
3.2
Weir nails the visuals, as you might expect.He has a much harder time finding drama among his characters, something that would give the movie narrativ ..
Philly
3.0
In 1939 Janusz (Jim Sturgess), a Polish officer, is a captured by the Soviet Red Army, interrogated, and tortured.
Spirituality And Practice
3.5
But whatever Weir may think of his onetime protege Mel Gibsons work, his hardship drama is stolidly old fashioned, more extreme travelogue than exerci ..
Village Voice
3.8
Peter Weirs The Way Back is an entertaining old fashioned prison escape movie with a touch of the epic about it.The novelty in this Great Escape is th ..
Rogers Movie Nation
3.8
Both movies look like they could have been somber, self important epic slogs, but instead theyre both sleek, rousing, old fashioned adventure movies, ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
4.4
This artful tale of survival against the elements radiating terror and beauty continues Peter Weirs fascination with characters trapped by worlds they ..
Rolling Stone
3.5
But in the end it feels a little bit too cinematic, as the true story has been heavily fictionalised to be more crowd friendly.
Shadows On The Wall
4.0
It even offers a few handy tips for dealing with the current British weather situation, such as making face masks out of bark if youre caught in a bli ..
View London
3.5
Though dates and numbers may not jibe, The Way Back does add up to a thoroughly compelling survival story.
News Day
3.5
The result is a film that seems simultaneously grand and skimpy. For all its faults, its an honorable effort, though. I hope Weir doesnt wait seven mo ..
Cs Monitor
1.5
All the elements for an award garnering motion picture seem in placean accomplished cast and crew, majestic landscapes to serve as stage sets, and a c ..
Film Journal
3.8
But its earnest and well acted and sturdily filmed: Were in good hands and we know it.
Boston
3.5
An exceptional adventure story from one of the founding fathers of Australias modern cinema.
Smh
4.4
The films religious subtext offers a grace note alongside such rock ribbed realism.
Star Tribune
3.0
The Way Back is a robustly made picture, heartfelt, well executed with an exhilarating sense of reach and narrative ambition.
Guardian
5.0
The dialogue is rarely more than functional and occasionally sententious, the lapses into sentimentality are rare, but the coda of the elderly Janusz ..
Guardian
3.0
I never quite knew what had attracted Weir to the project, beyond the locations.In decades gone by, the striking scenery might have been enough, but n ..
Daily Mail
3.5
But even the theoretically inspiring finale is muted by a news clip montage quickie history lesson about the late 20th century reign and collapse of C ..
Ew
3.0
If you see one tale of courage and survival this month, it should probably be the slightly more static 127 Hours.
Empire
3.5
Their story begins in 1939, as Janusz (Jim Sturgess) is interrogated in Poland by a Russian officer who accuses him of espionage after his wife under ..
Susang Ranger
3.0
As he did in the excellent Master and Commander, Australian director Peter Weir makes this wartime tale a sleek, rousing, old fashioned adventure inst ..
Common Sense Media
3.0
Its like The Great Escape, minus the bravado, swagger and energy.You dont blame anyone for that really theyre doing all they can just to survive but y ..
Movies
2.0
However, among solid performances, beautiful locations, and a truly harrowing journey, this film left me feeling empty.
Movies
3.8
Sturgess is steady, the moral locus of the film, and Harris is remarkable, expressing much life experience, disappointment and stoic acceptance throug ..
Sf Gate
5.0
A challenging, off beat choice like this is worth a dozen Miami Vices.This is not to say The Way Back is flawless.
Time
2.5
The Way Back is a decent landscape picture overburdened by the demands of narrative.
Slant Magazine
3.0
Wonderfully shot and convincingly acted, the picture shows what it takes to survive physically but struggles to get under the characters skins psychol ..
Express
3.1
Weir and editor Lee Smith seem preoccupied with hustling events along, and nervous about boring us for even a second. The result is a brisk trot throu ..
Chicago Tribune
3.8
Techs are straightforward and give the film its sense of realism.
Reeling Reviews
3.8
Techs are straightforward and give the film its sense of realism.
Reeling Reviews
3.0
But Weir is as unflagging as his characters, delivering an old fashioned, unpretentious epic that reliably gets where it needs to go.
Las Vegas Weekly
3.0
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Total Film
5.0
This film has its flaws, but it still stands as a major achievement by one of the great directors of our time.
Hollywood Reporter
4.0
The cinematography of the magnificent landscapes is one of the major strengths of the movie.
Tony Medley
4.5
Intrinsic to the incredible story of survival is a personal element of anonymity which covers the tracks of its characters.
Coles Mithey
3.0
In some ways this is the essential heart of the film and even arguably the overriding theme of Weirs entire body of work exploring how much a human ca ..
Los Angeles Times
4.5
Their conversations dont feel final, or simplistic, like Jacks self diagnosis.
Tumblr
3.1
Yet for a film that should have the sweep of a David Lean epic, The Way Back seems oddly hemmed in, not only pictorially (unlike Lawrence of Arabia, w ..
Nj
3.1
Its a good point, one that youll have ample time to reflect on during The Way Backs 133 minute running time.Still, you cant help but wishing there wer ..
The Star
4.5
Its not the sort of prison escape movie that Hollywood makes these days: its more subtle, more moody, more restrained and it has no histrionics.The re ..
Urban Cine File
3.8
The film largely misses its opportunities to reflect the enormity of communism, choosing instead the route of a conventional adventure yarn.
New York Post
4.0
An awe inspiring epic of man versus nature (inspired by true events during WWII) as a group of escaped prisoners run 40,000 miles over hostile terrain ..
Digital Spy
2.5
The level of tension in the film is like a toothache constant, gnawing but not particularly enjoyable.
Hollywood And Fine
4.2
Its a tale of bonding and wartime despair, yet the film primarily fixates on the mindset of endurance, and how that light can illuminate the way throu ..
Brian Or Ndorf
3.1
The gulag scenes also are vividly sketched. Sadly, the personal dramas often feel stock and static by comparison.
Js Online
3.0
How can you criticize a tale of such honest bravery, heroics and steadfastness
Shockya
2.0
You would think a movie inspired by the true ish story of gulag escapees who walked from Siberia to India would be, if nothing else, emotionally exhau ..
News Week
3.0
Compared with this epic 4,000 mile trek across a continent, most jailbreaks are, well, a walk in the park.Nature is your jailer, the fresh intake of p ..
Sky
3.5
This is a bold, visionary and ambitious film of the type that Hollywood rarely makes these days, mores the pity.It deserves to reach a sizable audienc ..
Sbs
3.8
What works: Its a fantastic story, accompanied by strong performances and gorgeous cinematography.
No La
2.5
If youre going to base a movie on an amazing true story, it would seem essential that the amazing story actually be true.
reason
5.0
The prospect was iffy at best: a romantic comedy, from a Hollywood studio, with a premise that smacked of Last Tango in Paris, the scandalous classic ..
Wsj
4.5
Seemingly no subject is too far fetched or too insignificant, as long as it exposes a wrong to be righted.
East Bay Express
2.5
The characters are so underdeveloped that there exists no real relationship between them on screen or in fact between characters and the audience.
Trespass Mag
3.5
Though its narrative is occasionally sluggish and burdened by a coda that tips too far into mawkish melodrama, Weirs film captures a potent, tangible ..
Nicks Chager
5.0
And it looks magnificent.National Geographic co produced the filmtheir first fiction film, to the best of my knowledgebut this is no natural history s ..
Stream On Demand At Home
4.0
What comes across beautifully in their incredible adventure is how each of their skills and personalities makes the journey possible.
Film Forward
3.8
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Week In Rewind
3.0
Its an absolutely necessary and poignant moment, but it also robs the film of its best character.
D Cist
3.0
The strange history of the tale itself complete with competing elderly storytellers might make for a clever and convoluted movie.
7 Dvt
3.8
Its a visually arresting adventure, but it arrives at its final destination with little dramatic resonance.
Nyc Film Critic
2.5
So, they walk and walk and walk and walk and walk and walk and walk and walk and walk and walk.
Yahoo Movies
3.5
Although this movie quickly disappeared from theaters after its release, its definitely worth a rental when it comes out on video.Its a journey worth ..
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