The Way Way Back (2013)
Directed By: Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
Starring: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Allison Janny, Liam James & Maya Rudolf
I remember seeing the movie poster
for The Way Way Back and telling my
husband very sarcastically, “Yeah that’s a cast that draws me in.” I am not a
fan of Steve Carell or of Maya Rudolf and until I saw a preview for it while
watching The Heat I was dead set on
not touching this film with a ten foot pole. I am a huge Indie film fan and
before I know what the trailer was for I was captivated, even with Steve Carell
I knew this was a movie I had to see.
The opening
scene alone with Liam James and Steve Carell as his mother’s boyfriend was
totally relatable to anyone who has been in a situation with someone basically
replacing your father. Thought the entire film I was constantly saying, “Ugh, I
hated when my stepdad did that.” or “Oh my word, that so happened to me too.” Although
it is technically a current setting due to budget constraints, you totally get
the 80’s vibe, from music to the unchanged dated waterpark.
The acting by Liam James was great;
he pulls off the awkward teen so well you feel awkward just watching him. There
of course was a love story, that you will totally see coming but you won’t even
care because the film is just so well done. The soundtrack was also cleverly
done, it gives you an 80’s summer feel and if you’ve ever spent a summer with
you’re parents at a lake house you will be vividly transported back to those
memories.
This movie was so well done and
relatable, I highly recommend this to anyone and feel for stepchildren it’s a
must see. It’s in my high ranking of Indie films, up there with the likes of Perks of Being a Wallflower and Silver Linings Playbook. I give this
film a 5 out of 5 stars.
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