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  2. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › the-way-back-movieThe Way Back movie review & film summary (2020) | Roger Ebert

    Mar 6, 2020 · Reviews. The Way Back. Sheila O'Malley March 06, 2020. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Everyone has a soft spot for a certain movie genre, be it zombies, teen romances, kooky ensembles. A fellow critic and I talked about this once, and he said "Any story about fathers and sons gets to me." For me, it's the underdog-sports genre.

  3. www.ign.com › articles › the-way-back-reviewThe Way Back Review - IGN

    • Ben Affleck convinces as a man fighting his demons while coaching a high school basketball team.
    • Verdict

    By Witney Seibold

    Updated: May 21, 2020 11:50 pm

    Posted: Mar 4, 2020 2:00 pm

    With The Way Back, director Gavin O'Connor (Warrior, Miracle) has prepared a very familiar and very comforting, audience-pleasing stew. Sports movies have long been, throughout the broad history of the genre, reliable comfort food that can reasonably be applauded for cleaving to traditional, predictable story beats; daring originality is welcome in sports movies, of course, but falling back on cliché is not necessarily a vice for them. So while O'Conner, a slightly more thoughtful director than your average filmmaker, has perhaps added a few generous tablespoons of welcome soulful melancholy to The Way Back – effectively producing a satisfying meal – its baseline flavors are what make the film ultimately a genial and emotional entertainment. The rest of the review shall be, I assure you, free from further food metaphors.

    In The Way Back, Ben Affleck – operating in full-on sad-sack mode, perhaps his best note as an actor – plays a bitter alcoholic construction worker named Jack whose life is clearly on the downward slope; in the first five minutes of the film, we see him sneaking beers at work, slipping gin into his coffee mug for the drive home, and taking a few depressive chugs from a can he keeps next to his shampoo in the shower. The Way Back, then is going to be less a film about winning championships and Big Games, and more about the delicate process of recovery from addiction.

    Jack is also a former basketball star from his high school days, and those who meet him mention that fact frequently, often compounding how badly he's burned out. Into his grey milieu, Jack is offered a coaching position at his old high school where he is invited to take the school's flagging basketball team from – and we can all probably recite this part in unison – being the losing-est team in the state to being a hard-working band of teammates who have all begun to realize their talent and potential.

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    The Way Back is a gratifying sports movie that is made better than the average by some sadness, some realism, and Ben Affleck's performance. The Way Back might serve as an excellent double feature with Gavin O'Connor's Warrior, another sports movie that spices up (o.k., one last food metaphor) a perhaps-known sports narrative with excellent perform...

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    • Witney Seibold

  4. www.commonsensemedia.org › movie-reviews › the-wayThe Way Back (2020) Movie Review | Common Sense Media

    Parents need to know that The Way Back is a sports drama starring Ben Affleck as Jack Cunningham, a one-time high school basketball phenom who struggles with alcoholism as an adult. He returns to his high school to coach the team, but this isn't a story aimed at teens. It has mature themes of substance abuse,… Videos and Photos. The Way Back.

    • Gavin O'connor
    • Tara Mcnamara
    • Warner Bros.

  5. www.imdb.com › title › tt8544498The Way Back (2020) - IMDb

    Mar 6, 2020 · With Ben Affleck, Al Madrigal, Janina Gavankar, Michaela Watkins. Jack Cunningham was a high school basketball phenom who walked away from the game, forfeiting his future. Years later, when he reluctantly accepts a coaching job at his alma mater, he may get one last shot at redemption.

    • (53K)
    • Drama, Sport
    • Gavin O'Connor
    • 2020-03-06

  6. www.commonsensemedia.org › movie-reviews › the-way-backThe Way Back Movie Review | Common Sense Media

    Rousing but intense war/wilderness survival adventure. Read Common Sense Media's The Way Back review, age rating, and parents guide.

    • Peter Weir
    • Jeffrey M. Anderson
    • Newmarket Film Group

  7. variety.com › 2020 › film‘The Way Back’: Film Review - Variety

    Mar 4, 2020 · Reviews. Mar 4, 2020 6:00am PT. ‘The Way Back’: Film Review. Ben Affleck is compelling in a drama of addiction and redemption that plays off his own tabloid odyssey. But the tabloid version was...

  8. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › the_way_back_2020The Way Back (2020) | Rotten Tomatoes

    Mar 6, 2020 · The Way Back (2020) | Rotten Tomatoes. TRAILER. List. Fandango at Home Prime Video. Watch The Way Back with a subscription on Prime Video, rent on Fandango at Home, or buy on Fandango at...

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