Great production, not-so-great plot...
“The Way Home” is a movie billed as the inspirational story of a family in crisis. Randy Simpkins is a man who is obviously dedicated to his work, but one day while preparing for a family holiday, he allows himself to become distracted instead of watching his son. The movie follows the consequences of this momentary distraction.
I was impressed with the quality of this movie. The production and acting were good enough to be invisible and let the story speak for itself. Unfortunately I couldn’t see enough in this story to warrant the making of an entire movie. I felt it was a story that was far from unique, and hence a little boring. At the end of the movie, there is some written information telling the viewer that Randy Simpkins changed his life around quite dramatically from this day forward. I must suppose that this is the inspiration that prompted the movie-makers to go with this story. But from my point of view that movie didn’t portray the powerful nature of such a life change. Maybe if we had seen a wider period of time instead of just one day this might have been achieved?
I still rate this movie 3 stars for the great acting and production.
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