Fri., Jun. 2, 2006 12:00 AM PDT
If you're looking for earnest wisdoms delivered with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer to the skull, look no further than the screen adaptation of Dan Millman's self-help bestseller,
The Way of the Peaceful Warrior. A former cock-walking gymnast whose desire for Olympic gold essentially undermined his basic human decency, Millman found self-realization and redemption in the form of a graybeard Zen master-slash-masochist-slash-gas station attendant.
Inspired by true events, the film replays Millman's much beloved narrative, with Scott Mechlowicz in the lead and a snowy-haired, glowering Nick Nolte as his mentor. Nolte is an actor who somehow can express the deepest of thoughts with the mere furrowing of an eyebrow, but even he can't save a script weighted down with tired cliché. The validity of this
Warrior's message is one thing (the world could certainly use some awakening), but making a great movie is entirely another.
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