THE WAY, PG-13 ( 1 hr & 55 min )

Quickie Review:  An American doctor goes to France to collect the remains of his only son who died in a storm while trekking on the Camino De Santiago ( a.k.a.  The Way of St. James ).  After some deliberation, he decides to have his son's remains cremated to take it with him on the pilgrimage to honor his son's wish to complete the journey.  As much as he wants to keep his reason private and personal, three fellow pilgrims ( with reasons of their own ) befriend him and together they complete the journey that will profoundly affect them all.

I liked this road-trip of the pilgrimage kind.  It shows how far people are willing to go to for their faith and personal  convictions.  The movie was well done.  The few people in the auditorium with me were in their middle and old ages.  So, I guess that this movie appeals to an older generation.

Here are the things that I didn't like about this movie:  If you notice, in the morgue, the pull tab on the body bag's zipper was moving back and forth---What, was there an earthquake going on in this scene?  A 500-mile trek like that is very hard for an inexperienced old man.  But the doctor walked ahead of the others at times.  I don't know whose shoes he wore on the trek, but hiking shoes have to be broken-in first before you take it on a long hike!  Or you'd end-up with some really serious blisters.  On a hike like that, you'd be better off with two walking sticks.  If they walked for 4 hours between breakfast and lunch and another 4 hours between lunch and dinner for a total of 8 hours per day, at an average speed of 3 mph, then the fat guy ( carrying the added weight of his backpack ) would have easily burned up 2,500 calories per day.  In other words, he would have lost weight--just like he expected!  And, if I remember correctly what I learned in Anatomy and Physiology, after exercising ( walking, in this case ) for a certain length of time, your body's metabolism will remain elevated for 2x the length of the exercise time.  So, since the fat guy walked for 8 hours each day, his metabolism would have stayed elevated for 16 hours.  In other words, his metabolism would have been on  High and Active for 24 hours of each and every day of the hike.  Therefore, he should have lost weight--his occasional food binges notwithstanding!