![]() ![]() ![]() Strong performances by Scott Mechlowicz as Millman and Nick Nolte as the mysterious mechanic who changes his life ground the film in effective drama. But in adapting the first two-thirds of the book, director Victor Salva and writer Kevin Berhardt clearly aimed to do more than preach to the personal growth/self-realization choir for the most part they avoid self-congratulatory New Age philosophizing and focus on character. ![]() There’s no question that legions of Millman’s fans will embrace this film version of the 25-year-old best-seller. IN Dan Millman’s autobiographical novel “Way of the Peaceful Warrior,” an ultracompetitive gymnast finds the key to enlightenment in an unlikely setting: a Berkeley gas station. ![]()
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