{"id":143,"date":"2014-06-18T04:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T04:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=143"},"modified":"2026-11-07T10:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T15:55:08","slug":"the-way-way-back-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=143","title":{"rendered":"The Way, Way Back-2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Way, Way Back-2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directors Nat Faxon, Jim Rash<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Liam James<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #40<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/70267400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1342\" src=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/70267400-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70267400\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/70267400-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/70267400.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed June 18, 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Way, Way Back (2013) is a cute, summery, &#8220;coming of age&#8221; story about a teen misfit struggling to fit in.<\/p>\n<p>It has the basic stereotypical characters (boozy neighbor, overbearing stepfather type), but kudos to great performances by Allison Janney and Steve Carell, who make the film much more than it otherwise would be.<\/p>\n<p>The film feels like something done many times before, but it has a charming, feel-good quality.<\/p>\n<p>Still, I would have enjoyed it more if the film had taken more risks and the characters had delved deeper.<\/p>\n<p>The Way Way Back (2013) is a one-dimensional film that ultimately disappoints.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Way, Way Back-2013 Directors Nat Faxon, Jim Rash Starring Liam James Scott&#8217;s Review #40 Reviewed June 18, 2014 Grade: B- The Way, Way Back (2013) is a cute, summery, &#8220;coming of age&#8221; story about a teen misfit struggling to fit in. It has the basic stereotypical characters (boozy neighbor, overbearing stepfather type), but kudos &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=143\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Way, Way Back-2013<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,49,11649,192,41,215,211,11665],"tags":[1925,4274,12735,12975,4272,4273,2482,4271,12736,1659,2406,2109],"class_list":["post-143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2013-films","category-comedies","category-coming-of-age","category-dramas","category-indiefilms","category-indie-comedies","category-indie-dramas","category-summer","tag-allison-janney","tag-amanda-peet","tag-annasophia-robb","tag-jake-picking","tag-jim-rash","tag-liam-james","tag-maya-rudolph","tag-nat-faxon","tag-rob-corddry","tag-sam-rockwell","tag-steve-carell","tag-toni-collette"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24622,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions\/24622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}