IMDb plot summary: 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.
Directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. Starring Liam James, Steve Carell, Toni Colette, and Sam Rockwell.
This is such an engaging coming-of-age movie with some really great performances from basically everyone involved. It conveys such a sense of being trapped and really captures how life-changing it can be to find acceptance somewhere. I'm not entirely convinced at times that the extroverted pushiness of Sam Rockwell is that different from the extorverted pushiness of Allison Janney, but they're both miles away from Steve Carell's passive aggressive displays of dominance over his girlfriend's son, and that's the contrast the movie is really focused on. The final scene is a beautiful nonverbal reconciliation between characters. Just a really well-crafted movie.
How it entered my Flickchart:
The Way Way Back > Killing Season
The Way Way Back > The Dark Knight
The Way Way Back < Six Degrees of Separation
The Way Way Back > Atonement
The Way Way Back > The Cat Returns
The Way Way Back > Lawrence of Arabia
The Way Way Back < Boyhood
The Way Way Back < Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Way Way Back < The Holiday
The Way Way Back > High School Musical
The Way Way Back > Collateral
The Way Way Back < Black Panther
Final spot: #437 out of 3143.
No comments:
Post a Comment