The Way We Get By

Name: The Way We Get By
Genre: Documentary
Released: August 14, 2009
Rating: 67

2009

METASCORE

Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews

See All

USER SCORE

No score yet

tbd

VOTE NOW

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

tbd	Your Score
tbd	User Score No score yet

Would you like to write a review?

There is a 75 character minimum for reviews. If your review contains spoilers, please check the Spoiler box. Please do not use ALL CAPS. There is no linking or other HTML allowed. Your review may be edited for content. 0/5000

Check box if your review contains spoilers

Play Sound

Please enter your birth date to watch this video:

You are not allowed to view this material at this time.

The Way We Get By

Now Playing: The Way We Get By

Movie Details & Credits

International Film Circuit | Release Date: August 14, 2009 | Unrated

Summary: The Way We Get By is a deeply moving film about life and how to live it. Beginning as a seemingly idiosyncratic story about troop greeters - a group of senior citizens who gather daily at a small airport to thank American soldiers departing and returning from Iraq, the film quickly turns into a moving, unsettling and compassionate storyThe Way We Get By is a deeply moving film about life and how to live it. Beginning as a seemingly idiosyncratic story about troop greeters - a group of senior citizens who gather daily at a small airport to thank American soldiers departing and returning from Iraq, the film quickly turns into a moving, unsettling and compassionate story about aging, loneliness, war and mortality. Seeking out the telling detail rather than offering sweeping generalizations, the film carefully builds stories of heartbreak and redemption, reminding us how our culture casts our elders, and too often our soldiers, aside. More important, regardless of your politics, "The Way We Get By" celebrates three unsung heroes who share their love with strangers who need and deserve it. (International Film Circuit)… Expand

Director: Aron Gaudet

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Unrated

See All Details and Credits

Watch Now

Buy on

Stream On

Metascore

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

Critic Reviews

Dan Zak

Not so much a slice of life as the whole pie, the highs and lows of twilight living, all found and filmed in a terminal at an airport in Maine. What a country. Read full review

Mariko McDonald

Manages to put a new spin on things while being touching, honest, and thought-provoking at the same time. Read full review

Wesley Morris

Watching them issue hugs produces an involuntary response. You want to hug them, too.

John Anderson

Although the trio's work as "troop greeters" is the film's ostensible subject, their renewed and somewhat tenuous sense of purpose gives the doc its bite. Read full review

Noel Murray

Neither pro- nor anti-war; it’s a somber study of perpetually unsettled lives. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Although it has affecting moments, the film can't quite decide whether it's about aging or about the effects of war on the home front. Read full review

Nick Pinkerton

It's the stuff of a fine short on what any "Bowling Alone" reader knows is the last generation of civic-minded civilians, but Gaudet has a hard time extending his material to feature length. Read full review

SEE ALL 10 REVIEWS

User Score

Write a Review

tbd

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

No reviews yet.