If there’s one positive result from distributor Fox Searchlight’s decision at the Sundance Film Festival to pay nearly $10 million for “The Way, Way Back,” it should be this: It will remind people ...

The Way Way Back is a comedy-drama movie that centers around an introverted kid who is taken by his mother on a summer vacation at her wealthy boyfriend's beach house. Not very interested in mixing up ...

Trent (Steve Carell) confronts Owen (Sam Rockwell) over Duncan (Liam James) in 'The Way Way Back' Image via Fox Searchlight Pictures Looking for a new summer comedy to dive into? If you're not in the ...

For the follow-up to their masterful 2011 drama “The Descendants,” Oscar-winning co-writers Nat Faxon and Jim Rash also assume the roles of co-directors in this beach and vacation coming-of-age comedy ...

Before he absolutely steals the show in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die, there's no better time to hop back into the greater filmography of Sam Rockwell to see what this performer can do. And what ...

A film director once shared with me this intriguing observation: movie critics, he opined, see too many movies. Watching The Way, Way Back, co-directed and co-written by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, his ...

Overwhelmed with action blockbusters? Longing to go back to the days of CGI-free dramedies? Well, why not go Way, Way Back and enjoy one of this season’s sweetest, most honest and funny flicks, ...

"The Way, Way Back," the comedy-drama by writer-directors Jim Rash and Nat Faxon, begins on an almost shocking note when Trent (Steve Carell) casually hurts the already shaky ego of Duncan (Liam James ...

The Way, Way Back starts right off with that signature scene from the trailers. Duncan (Liam James), a slightly awkward 14-year-old, sits in the back of an old station wagon that belongs to Trent ...

If you're looking for pleasure, for the surprise and depth of feeling that a wonderful movie can convey, The Way, Way Back is the revelation of the day ...

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