WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Micransix Crappy film

Konterr Brilliant and touching

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

david-2348 I like war movies. I like movies about the Jews in World War II. So this movie gets 4 stars just for being a movie about the Jews in World War II. However, this is by far the worst movie of its type I have ever seen. If you aren't a fan of this type of movie, then it has no saving graces and would probably only be worth 1 or 2 points at most. As a viewer I felt no tension whatsoever, despite the topic being one which should have been dripping with tension from start to finish. This was largely down to the musical score, which was totally inappropriate for the type of movie it was. It's as if the orchestra made the score without any reference to the movie content itself. Just re-doing the musical score to something appropriate would probably lift the movie's rating a point or two.

SimonJack Few people have rated this film, and only three have commented on it by this date of my posting. From two of the comments, it seems to me that we may be seeing an addiction to modern movie-making of the past decade or more. The modern viewing audience seems hooked on the thrill-a- minute, high-speed chase, explosive action and CGI makeup that is fast becoming the trademark movie of Hollywood. "The Only Way" certainly has none of that. The plot was familiar. The script was minimal. The acting was OK. The scenes and cinematography were good – shot mostly in Denmark. The musical score was the only bad part of the movie. For the first two-thirds it was not suited at all to the picture we were seeing. Just when it got to the point of being a distraction, it changed. From then on, the music was excellent and seemed to fit the rest of the film right up to the end. So, it is not a great film by any means, but it is a very good one, and an important one for the story it tells and how it tells it. I was never bored watching this film, because I never knew what came next. There was always a thread of suspense and mystery. Would the Steins make it, or would they be caught? Would someone turn them in? So, there was just the right amount of intrigue to keep one glued to the screen. The one thing that raised this film considerably was what one other commenter lamented. A very minimal script, with brief lines, left the audience with no choice but to watch and absorb the people and their actions. And, in that, we saw the Danish people. They weren't flamboyant or boisterous. They smiled and frowned and acted like real people act and behave most of the time. But they were earnest and purposeful in their help. They acted with an unspoken understanding of what they needed to do.This film really gives one a feeling for what the Danes were properly praised for after World War II. They were unflinching in their attitude toward and willingness to help their Jewish neighbors, their fellow countrymen. So, in "The Only Way," we see numerous Danish people reacting in a matter-of-fact way about helping the Steins and other Jews when word got out that the Nazis were coming for them. In no other country under Nazi occupation in World War II was there such widespread humanity and absence of prejudice. The Snope Web site describes it thus: "The rescue of several thousand Danish Jews was accomplished through the efforts of thousands of policemen, government officials, physicians, and persons of all walks of life.""The Only Way" isn't an action-thriller by any means. But it does give a realistic picture of the people of one country who arose with spontaneity to help save the lives of a persecuted sect who were their neighbors and fellow countrymen. For that, this film is a gem and a priceless lesson for history.

lauriejameson To put it simply...just awful. The dialogue was boring, poorly delivered, and the characters were dull. One other tidbit, the musical score was at best, generic, at worst mundane. I can't imagine what they were thinking. I forced myself to watch it to the end because it was a short film, and the subject matter had such potential. I expected to be engaged and looked forward to learning something about WWII that I had never read about before. I was looking forward to seeing a young Jane Seymour, but even that was a disappointment. I suppose if you are a huge fan of Denmark, this might hold some interest for you; but otherwise, you would be better off watching a rerun of Hogan's Heroes.

macz I wish I could say something positive about this film. I suspect the other review was written by a Dane who is related to the film's director, or possibly one of the actors. But I'm sure it was a Dane!The script is quite dreadful. The characters are wooden and one dimensional and deliver their lines like robots. There are some fine Danish actors in this film who should not have necessarily been hindered by playing their respective parts in English. However, with such an awful script, no actor in the world could have injected life into such dreary dialogue. I hope a contemporary Danish film maker will have the courage to tell this important story again one day. With a proper storyline. And a proper script.