The Way, My Way

2024

1h 38m

Drama

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67%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

The Way, My Way is the charming and captivating true story of a stubborn and amusingly self-centered Australian man who decides to walk the 800 kilometer-long Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route through Spain. He doesn't know why he's doing it, but one step at a time it will change him and his outlook on life forever. Based on Bill Bennett's best selling memoir of the same name, The Way, My Way has been described by Camino elder statesman Johnnie Walker as the most authentic film ever made about the Camino.

Stephen Romei

The Australian

This is a quiet, gentle, uplifting film about freeing oneself from the everyday and discovering the comfort of strangers - though not in the way Ian McEwan imagines.

Rated: 3/5

May 28, 2024

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Luke Buckmaster

Guardian

The Way, My Way is hardly riveting viewing -- but its softly inquisitive, life-affirming spirit is hard to hate.

Rated: 3/5

May 16, 2024

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Graeme Tuckett

Stuff.co.nz

The Way, My Way is a film that delivers exactly what the marketing is promising. This is a cheerful, modest and good-hearted movie – and I hope it finds the audience it deserves.

Rated: 3.5/5

May 26, 2024

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Jim Schembri

jimschembri.com

The journey appears as a ramble but slowly takes form as Bill nears his destination and brings new meaning to that lovely old cliche about how every ending is really a new beginning...a modest, finely etched, uplifting Australian film.

Rated: 3.5/5

May 17, 2024

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Chris G

Utterly inspiring in an understated yet very powerful way. The reality of the script, actors and non actors is a credit to all involved.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/07/24

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Audience Member

If you have walked to Camino, don’t watch this! I lasted 15 minutes watching self-centred, arrogant, rude man destroy my memories of the Camino. I gave it half a star for the beautiful scenery that I witnessed in the first 15 minutes.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/06/24

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Stephen B

We really adored this film. One the most real and heart warming journeys that touch the soul of your humanity. Highly recommended. I will now buy the book.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/24/24

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Ray M

Loved it and am inspired to do this. Already booking flights and infrastructure for a year from now. A must see!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/22/24

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Martin C

Went to the local Cinema and thought this interesting so paidand my wife and I watched it. Very impressed, no idea what the Camino was although I had been to that part of Spain. Right from the start the story got me in heavily reinforced by fantastic use of drone footage (by Sydney man Scott Last). Find it amazing that only four of the cast were actually actors. The story line was tight and very well thought out. I did know of Bill Bennett and had seen a couple of his works before. Best film I have seen this year!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/16/24

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T M

Thoroughly enjoyed it. Fascinating that the people acting the friends he made on the way, were in fact the actual people not actors. I thought they performed extremely well and natural.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/14/24

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Bill Bennett

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Chris Haywood

Bill

Jennifer Cluff

Jen

Pia Thunderbolt

Cristina

Laura Lakshmi

Rosa

Balázs Orbán

Pilgrim

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Synopsis

The Way, My Way is the charming and captivating true story of a stubborn and amusingly self-centered Australian man who decides to walk the 800 kilometer-long Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route through Spain. He doesn't know why he's doing it, but one step at a time it will change him and his outlook on life forever. Based on Bill Bennett's best selling memoir of the same name, The Way, My Way has been described by Camino elder statesman Johnnie Walker as the most authentic film ever made about the Camino.

Director: Bill Bennett
Producer: Bill Bennett, Jennifer Cluff
Screenwriter: Bill Bennett
Production Co: BJ Films
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 38m