A Great Film with an Important Message

Rating: 9/10 (4 May 2006)

I've long been a fan of the book upon which this film is based -- Dan Millman's The Way of the Peaceful Warrior.
If you've read the book, you know its central lesson is learning how to live in the moment.
Filled with memorable aphorisms, the book is part novel, part autobiography, and part spiritual guidebook -- and I have to admit that I was nervous about how the book would translate to the big screen.
But I was lucky enough to catch an advance screening of the film. And for fans of the book like me -- and people who've never read it -- this film delivers.
Nick Nolte's performance as Socrates is one of the best he's ever given. Scott Mechlowicz does a great job showing us the transformation of Dan Millman. And the feeling one has when one walks out of the theater-- of wanting to seize every moment that life offers you-- is a feeling that we don't get often enough. That feeling is worth the price of admission alone.
Peaceful Warrior is that rare film that manages to be hugely inspirational without being cheesy. It's well worth seeing.