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The Way Way Back
Directed by
Jim Rash
and
Nat Faxon
PG-13
2013
1h 43m
Comedy
,
Drama
7.4
83%
84%
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Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend's daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of the Water Wizz water park.
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Cast of The Way Way Back
Liam James
Duncan
Steve Carell
Trent Ramsey
Toni Collette
Pam
AnnaSophia Robb
Susanna Thompson
Sam Rockwell
Owen
Allison Janney
Betty Thompson
Maya Rudolph
Caitlyn
Amanda Peet
Joan
Rob Corddry
Kip
Nat Faxon
Roddy
Jim Rash
Lewis
Zoe Levin
Steph
River Alexander
Peter Thompson
Adam Riegler
Niel
Jeremy Weaver
Jason
Robert Capron
Kyle
Rodney Lodge
Malcolm
Devon Werden
Laura
Ava Deluca-Verley
Katy
Jake Picking
Chad
Jeff Ryan
Charlie
Andria Blackman
Beautiful Woman
Aingea Venuto
Sunbathing Girl
Emily Petta
Teen's Mother
The Way Way Back Ratings & Reviews
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Williams
Aiming for a middle path between drama and comedy, "The Way Way Back" is so overloaded with jokes that it could sink in the water hazard, but on the final scorecard, sure enough, it's in the hole.
Detroit News
Tom Long
Waterslides and infidelity just don't go together.
Newsday
John Anderson
Any movie that lifts from both "This Boy's Life" and "Meatballs" is a rarefied creation, and in this case a pretty wonderful movie.
Austin Chronicle
Steve Davis
The film's primary pleasure is watching James communicate Duncan's growing confidence in the acceleration of his stride or the occasional unguarded smile. It's a likable acting turn, though one the film does not always serve honestly.
Film Comment Magazine
Amy Taubin
Sundance would not be Sundance without a few unbelievably stupid, clichéd, graceless movies in the mix.
Grantland
Wesley Morris
The film has been complacently concocted for likability even as it gives you very little that's real, structured, or spontaneous enough to enjoy.
Yahoo! Movies
Thelma Adams
If you're first act was writing the Oscar winning screenplay for "The Descendants," looking for an encore can be tough. But Nat Faxon and Jim Rash leveraged that win and made the leap to directing their own small-budget, bighearted coming of age comedy.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
Nice comedic work from Sam Rockwell and Allison Janney buoys this pleasant but routine coming-of-age drama by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash.
indieWire
Leonard Maltin
Like many of the best films in this genre The Way, Way Back is rooted in truth: honest observations about family dynamics, adolescence, dependence and independence.
The Atlantic
Christopher Orr
An unexpected yet irresistible cross between Meatballs and The Ice Storm, The Way Way Back just may be the best movie of the summer.
The New Yorker
Anthony Lane
Once again, the oppressed American teen-ager lopes and shuffles to center stage, there to display his woes.
The Dissolve
Scott Tobias
Faxon and Rash cut Duncan a clear, broad path to growth and perspective, but the audience can see where it's going long before it gets there.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Tirdad Derakhshani
A sly, richly modulated, emotionally engaging, and brutally honest film ...
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
A movie that feels like a greatest-hits montage of summer coming-of-age films.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
Feels familiar, but in a good way, like a comfortably rumpled beach house you're happy to return to year after year.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
The Way Way Back gets it wittily, thrillingly right. It turns the familiar into something bracingly fresh and funny. It makes you laugh, then breaks your heart.
leonardmaltin.com
Leonard Maltin
Writer-performers Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, imbue the characters around them with three-dimensional qualities that give the movie its enormous appeal.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
Faxon, Rash, and their exceptionally capable cast have managed, with a story that is specific enough to feel new but universal enough to hit home.
TheWrap
Leah Rozen
Part of what makes Way, Way Back so engaging are the terrific performances.
TIME Magazine
Mary F. Pols
It's likely there will be many wet eyes in the theater as the screen goes to black.
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