I'm not sure what Ebert and Roeper had to say about this movie but I'm here to tell you it's one that should not be missed. I believe what The Secret has done for inspirational documentaries The Peaceful Warrior will do for inspirational dramas.

This movie actually was released in very limited viewing areas some time ago but never at a location near me. So I waited and watched for it actually hoping to pick up the DVD when it was released. So to my surprise months later, I luck up on an internet link to free tickets for opening weekend, now a much wider release which included my location. I tell you the Law of Attraction is always in action.

I take my fourteen year old and off we go. Let's just say I was already feeling good because I didn't have to whip out my wallet. I don't have the words to relay just how inspired this movie made me feel. I've followed Nick Nolte's career here and there, I find this movie to be some of his best work ever. I liked the fact that he was not all perfect looking and cuddly, his scratchy voice is his trademark. Yeah, it does get a little cheesy in some spots but these are very minor if you're able to look at the big picture.

After the movie, my fourteen year old and I talked and recited quotes from the movie all the way home. If this doesn't sound amazing to you, that's because you don't know my son. This young man doesn't waste his words and if I can pull one to two sentences a day out of him I'm lucky. We both left feeling good, motivated and inspired. Maybe these quotes from the movie and Dan Millman's book Way of The Peaceful Warrior on which the movie is based will inspire you, give you food for thought and make you feel good.

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