The Way Back (2010) movie poster

The Way Back (2010)

"Their escape was just the beginning."
ThumbScore
👍 84%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 70%
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Director
Peter Weir
Runtime
2h 13m
Country
Poland, United Arab Emirates, United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.0/10 (1,726 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
73%
Metacritic
66

Cast

Ed Harris as Mr. Smith · 73% avg
Jim Sturgess as Janusz Wieszczek · 71% avg
Saoirse Ronan as Irena Zielińska · 66% avg
Colin Farrell as Valka · 69% avg
Mark Strong as Andrei Khabarov · 70% avg
Gustaf Skarsgård as Andrejs Voss · 72% avg
Dejan Angelov as Andrei
Dragoș Bucur as Zoran

Is The Way Back good?

Most people think so. 84% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 70%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#760 / 3335 · Drama
Rank in its year
#37 / 238 · 2010
Rank among its director's films
#4 / 9 · Peter Weir

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

A small band of multicultural convicts stages a daring escape from a WWII-era Siberian gulag, and embarks on a treacherous journey across five countries in a desperate race for freedom and survival. Wikipedia ↗

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