- Studio: Newmarket Films
- Release Date: Jan 21, 2011
- Starring: Colin Farrell, Ed Harris
- Summary: When they escape a Siberian labor camp in 1940 seven courageous multi-national prisoners discover the true meaning of friendship as their epic journey takes them across thousands of miles of hostile terrain en-route to India and their freedom. (Exclusive Media Group)
- Director: Peter Weir
- Genre(s): Drama
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 24 out of 33
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Mixed: 9 out of 33
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Negative: 0 out of 33
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90A grueling, stunningly photographed story.
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80The man-versus-the-natural world story is in Weir's wheelhouse, and Harris and Farrell get into a scene-stealing duel. Worth the trek.
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80The overall metaphor Weir was aiming for - this idea of enemies so powerful and a war so menacing and confusingly big that no place seems safe except a place absurdly far away - comes through clearly and stays with you.
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60The Way Back then takes its time, creeping through gorgeous locations in Bulgaria, Morocco and Pakistan, and basically feeling like a two-hour-plus version of the desert scene from "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly."
Score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 18
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Mixed: 0 out of 18
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Negative: 0 out of 18
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