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The Way Way Back (2013)

PG-13 06/06/2013 Comedy, Drama 1h 43m
71%
User
Score
7.4/10
83%
68/100

We've all been there.

Overview

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.

Nat Faxon

Writer

Jim Rash

Director

Top Billed Cast

Liam James

Liam James

Duncan

Steve Carell

Steve Carell

Trent Ramsey

Toni Collette

Toni Collette

Pam

AnnaSophia Robb

AnnaSophia Robb

Susanna Thompson

Sam Rockwell

Sam Rockwell

Owen

Allison Janney

Allison Janney

Betty Thompson

Maya Rudolph

Maya Rudolph

Caitlyn

Amanda Peet

Amanda Peet

Joan

Rob Corddry

Rob Corddry

Kip

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Media

THE WAY WAY BACK: Official HD Trailer

THE WAY WAY BACK: Official HD Trailer

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written on July 4, 2021

_**A boy coming-of-age near Cape Cod and more**_

A 14 year-old boy (Liam James) struggles to fit-in with the family & friends of his mother’s new beau (Steve Carell) as they partake of a vacation at his beach house in the Cape Cod area. The teen finds a quasi-mentor (Sam Rockwell) at a water park while developing a friendship with the cute neighbor girl (AnnaSophia Robb). Toni Collette plays the mother, Allison Janney a friend and Amanda Peet a flirty woman.

“The Way Way Back” (2013) is a coming-of-age flick that meshes elements of films like "The Squid and the Whale" (2005), “The Summer of ’42” (1971), “Meatballs” (1979), “Swimming” (2000) and “Lawn Dogs” (1997), but this is arguably the best of them.

Part of the genius of the movie is that the potentia...

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on June 18, 2022

"Duncan" (Liam James) is a typical fourteen year old boy. He keeps himself to himself, and isn't greatly looking forward to his family holiday with mother and her boyfriend and his older teenage daughter. Determined to get away from this domestic bliss, he heads to the "Wizz" water park where he strikes up a friendship with one of the animal keepers "Owen" (Sam Rockwell). The latter sees something, perhaps of himself, in this younger lad and allows him to help him. As the summer progresses, both help the other to find an inner strength to deal with their demons - and, gradually, a newly empowered "Duncan" emerges ready to assert himself a little more. Whilst this isn't a great film, there is something about James's strong and personable performance that merits watching. His teenage angst i...

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