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WAY, WAY BACK, THE

Director:

  Faxon, Nat & Rash, Jim
  

Year Released:

  2013

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

3 out of 5

3 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Toni Collette
  Liam James
  Sam Rockwell
  Neighborhood Folks
  Water Park Folks
Movie Haiku:Stuck with his divorced Mom (Collette) at the beachfront home of her new boyfriend, "Duncan" (James) mopes around until the manager of a seedy local water park (Rockwell) takes the kid under his wing & voila: a boy becomes a man! Rich found James sweet & Jan liked some of the women around the edges, but this a standard issue male adolescent coming of age stuff with all the tropes.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2013