Nick Nolte ....................... Socrates
	Scott Mechlowicz ...... Dan Millman
	Amy Smart ............................... Joy
	Ashton Holmes .................. Tommy
(No Photo)	Paul Wesley ........................ Trevor

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Finally, a movie with substance and power!
by ReverendEric (movies profile ) Jun 2, 2006
24 of 25 people found this review helpful

Just returned from the limited release preview... So rarely have the elements of a story come together in a feature film the way they are constructed so masterfully in Peaceful Warrior that the film defies description.

The movie tells a story, and does it well. The actors are terrific, the visuals exciting and the gymnastics amazing. But, in a way that is uncommon and refreshing in this art form- that's not the point.

The real story of Peaceful Warrior is your story, my story, our story. When the film delves into the inner battlefield of the main character, it takes us into our own inner battlefields. It challenges us to look inside our own minds and ask truly substantial questions.

Once asked, these questions may set your mind in motion and you may find yourself moved to action. To what? I don't know, that's your story. The way in which this movie lets that happen is what makes it truly unique and different.

If you've ever delved into human potential books, you'll eat this up. If you strive to put religious principles into action, see it illustrated here. If you've ever been an athelete, don't miss it. And if you wanted to sign up for Jedi training after seeing the early Star Wars movies, well... this could get you started.

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"A beautifully crafted and enormously entertaining film that speaks to the strength and resiliency of the human spirit. Peaceful Warrior offers a powerful, yet rare glimpse, into the human soul. It reminds us what we are made of, reconnecting us to the power that lies within so that we feel and embrace it. See this film and it will impact the course of your life forever."

- Tony Robbins
(Author, Motivational Speaker)

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STING recently saw PEACEFUL WARRIOR and had this to say!
"A lot of movies promise happiness, but most often it's the 'fleeting' happiness of a thrill ride, and when it's over, it's over; you feel empty, and begin searching for the next thrill.

Very few movies actually question what happiness is, or suggest ways that it can be sustained.
Peaceful Warrior asks this question and in doing so takes you out of your mind, and those who would consider themselves sane would be 'out of their minds' not to see it.

Peaceful warrior is an important film, an inspiring film, and a film that could change lives."
-Sting



If you've read the book, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, you know its central lesson is learning how to live in the moment. It is filled with memorable aphorisms, the book is part novel, part autobiography, and part spiritual guidebook --.

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.

Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Millman's first self-help book, is a piece of autobiographical fiction set mostly during his college years. Initially the book had only modest sales, before Hal Kramer reportedly came out of retirement to republish the book and help make it a best seller.

Summary: The story tells of a chance meeting with a gas station attendant who becomes a mentor to the young gymnast, Dan Millman, who names the attendant "Socrates". When Millman's right leg is shattered in a motorcycle accident, Socrates becomes Millman's spiritual teacher and shows Millman how to become a Peaceful Warrior

Dan Millman is an author of several self-help books, the most famous of which is the fictionalized autobiography Way of the Peaceful Warrior (1980). The winner of the 1964 World Trampoline Championship in London, he co-captained the 1968 NCAA University of California gymnastics team and has also worked as a gymnastics instructor at Stanford University and a professor of physical education at Oberlin College. He is most often connected to the human potential movement along with Anthony Robbins.



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