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I just wish that more of the film felt as wildly unpredictable as Rockwell’s performance. 14-year-old Duncan is forced to spend a summer at his mothers new boyfriend Trents beach house in upstate New York. The Way, Way Back is an American comedy film both directed and written by the team of Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. Faxon and Rash, the Oscar-winning writing team behind 2011’s The Descendants, are experts at recognizing when the mood of their directorial debut needs lightening to prevent it from spiraling into an after-school special. Profile Image for Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. And naturally, lump-in-the-throat lessons are learned by Labor Day. He’s like Bill Murray in Meatballs - an anti-authoritarian merry prankster with a Hawaiian shirt and a heart of gold. Rockwell, an actor who’s been so good for so long that he’s somehow been taken for granted in an industry that’s never quite known what to do with him, gooses the film with a manic sense of motormouthed anarchy. There he meets Sam Rockwell’s slacker savant, Owen, who notices how unhappy the kid is and makes it his personal crusade to pry him out of his shell. Then one day he pedals his mortifyingly girly pink bike to Water Wizz, an Adventureland-style amusement park. THE WAY, WAY BACK is the funny and poignant coming of age story of 14-year-old Duncan's (Liam James) summer vacation with his mother, Pam (Toni Collette), her overbearing boyfriend, Trent (Steve Carell), and his daughter, Steph (Zoe Levin).

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It may not sound like much of a prison sentence, but his potential new stepdad’s endless bullying reinforces Duncan’s feelings of loser inadequacy. 2010 Maturity Rating: PG-13 2h 7m Movies Based on Books. The Way, Way Back A water-park employee becomes friend and mentor to a withdrawn, fatherless boy. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of the Water Wizz water. Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend's daughter.

With Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Allison Janney, AnnaSophia Robb. Liam James stars as Duncan, a sad-eyed 14-year-old misfit who’s forced to spend the summer with his mother (Toni Collette), her new boyfriend (Steve Carell), and his teenage daughter (Zoe Levin) at a rustic beach house. The Way Way Back: Directed by Nat Faxon, Jim Rash.

There’s something slightly formulaic and familiar about Nat Faxon and Jim Rash’s coming-of-age film The Way, Way Back, but not enough to dampen its crowd-pleasing charm.