Leftbanker After his son dies in an auto-erotic asphyxiation accident on his first day on the fabled Camino de Santiago (the police code for this is "died in a storm" wink, wink), ex-president Martin Sheen goes to France to recover the remains of his ignominiously fallen offspring. Sheen decides that walking the Camino might be a good place to pick up women, so off he goes.Predictable at every step yet I loved the movie for its beautiful depiction of the Spanish countryside and all things Spanish. I'm sure the movie has motivated hundreds of viewers to make the trek. ¡Bravo!

trimblair I went into this with low expectations. My mother in law recommended it and her taste usually pulls toward artsy films which bore me. This was a fun, little movie though! I'd heard about it when it came out. Emilio wrote it and directed it. Martin stars in it. It is a nod to his father who died shortly before it was made. A doctor learns that his world-traveler son has died and is pulled into a religious pilgrimage in his honor. He meets all kind of characters on his way. Check it out. You won't be sorry.

paul-craig-meyer-50 Having been inspired enough to do this amazing walk myself, it's still special to watch this film again and again!! Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez and the whole rest of the cast and crew did an amazing job capturing the essence of what it is to walk the Camino DE Santiago. It's funny because I did the trip with my mom a year and a half ago, and the November right before we embarked on the Camino I saw this movie briefly, not all of it but enough to convince me to say "what the hell" and walk 500 miles!!! When you are able to watch this film with the ability to see places in this film they walked in filming the movie but to have walked there yourself is pretty damn special!!! Hats off to this awesome cinematic experience that transcends to the depths of sympathy, empathy and just getting to the point of perceptiveness of seeing we are all human despite our differences and flaws.

WILL It always amazes me when a film that seems to have a commitment to quality and message, fails at something so important as subtitles for the hard of hearing. Albeit a supposedly small faction of the movie-going community, people who need captions are usually making an effort when they choose to watch a film. There does not seem to be any way to contact The Way makers, so i hope this comment somehow reaches them.Having said the above, it behooves me to add that the film definitely makes me want to go trekking in Spain. That's the great visual part. There are unbelievable vistas that add to the spiritual dimension, and give it a quality of mysticism that goes beyond a particular faith. It reaches for joy through the sadness of a story about loss, and puts the individual in a situation where being with others and respecting them is more important than just being an isolated individual.