The film's tone is indeed mystically propelled, but while these elements seem far fetched, the sheer depth of commitment by the cast make us overlook that.
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03/23/08
Peaceful Warrior (2006)
23 %
Reviews Counted: 69 Fresh: 16 Rotten:53 Average Rating: 4.7/10
Consensus:
Based on a best-selling memoir, Peaceful Warrior loses something in the transition from page to screen. It hits the viewer over the head with philosophical jargon, and ultimately fails to live up to its source material.
Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min
Synopsis: Arrogant, talented Dan Millman seems to have the perfect college life: a stunning gymnast's body of incredible strength, handsome looks, good grades, plenty of money and a shot at the Olympic qualifiers in men's gymnastics. Still, Dan wakes up almost nightly from terrifying nightmares and... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Ashton Holmes, Nick Nolte, Scott Mechlowicz, Amy Smart, Agnes Bruckner
Reviews
This is an average movie that's chock-full of New-Age-y self help. And not much else.
04/17/07
claims to be 'inspired by true events'; the movie does not, however, specify the planet on which these events allegedly took place. ... a perfect companion piece to last year's dim-witted 'Stick It'...
04/03/07
Warrior is a good-looking film that feels more like an allegory about the power of positive thinking than a drama.
03/30/07
You will not learn how to levitate to the roof of a service station. In fact, the answer to that part of the story is a lemon -- but you knew it would be, didn't you?
03/23/07
The message is good, even if the delivery is repetitive, ham-handed and...equal parts disturbing and amusing.
02/07/07
Only in filmmaker Victor Salva's world are impossibly chiseled, Abercrombie-ready gymnasts worshipped by their peers on college campuses and in adjoining dive bars.
09/02/06
Works overtime to inspire audiences, but relies way too much on pop-mysticism and half-baked artifice to make its point stick.
08/18/06
Maybe there are worthy films buried in collections of spiritual homilies, but Peaceful Warrior is not one of them.
08/06/06
Admittedly, I suspected it might be kind of cheesy, but the film is directed with great grace and care. And the acting is solid. It's a beautiful film -- see it.
07/30/06
Don't go see Peaceful Warrior. Don't tell your friends about it. Try to forget you ever heard of the movie. Clear your mind and live in the now.
07/28/06
A movie about spiritual awakening that plays like a spliced-together string of New Age fortune cookie messages.
07/28/06
Peaceful Warrior is an inspirational story of the making of a true athlete. It's a bit hokey but you get by that whenever [Nick] Nolte is on the screen.
07/23/06
Starting with the title and extending everywhere else, Peaceful Warrior is blatantly ludicrous.
07/22/06
Top Critic
It's the director's willingness to toughen conventions through personal idiosyncrasies that sets the film apart.
07/18/06
Parts of this are visually stunning, but for the most part, it's the standard new age pap.
07/15/06
You're in the moment all right, experiencing every passing minute ticking off in slow motion until the blasted thing comes to a merciful end.
07/14/06
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