A Breakthrough Movie

Rating: 10/10 (26 November 2006)

After having previewed and then screened the film twice for audiences in mid-coast Maine, Peaceful Warrior continues to deeply affect me. It doesn't matter if you are male or female, athletic or not. There's a lot of Dan Millman in all of us and we share the character's "normally insane" life, driven by fears and desires. Nick Nolte, Scott Mechlowicz, and Amy Smart all jumped in with both feet and do a wonderful job. Kevin Bernhardt wrote a great screenplay. Even when he changed some scenes from the book, it only added to the film.
The people who made this film could have focused on the love story or on other plot themes. Instead they chose to make a film that goes beyond competition, romance, and achievement. As Eckhart Tolle said: "See it and be transformed".