By the time Joy (Amy Smart) enters the picture, delivering Socrates’ nightly meal, “Peaceful Warrior” has become artificial, sabotaging its best attempts at emotional contact: Dan’s ...

who quietly spouts insightful self-help aphorisms sets Dan on a road to becoming the “peaceful warrior” he was meant to be. Jokingly nicknamed Socrates by Dan, Nolte’s blue-collar sage takes ...

“Peaceful Warrior” is a dramatic sports film in ... under the instruction of an enigmatic mechanic, Socrates. As the film starts, Dan is one of the stars on his gymnastics team and has no ...