{"id":143,"date":"2014-06-18T04:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T04:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=143"},"modified":"2024-04-19T17:12:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T21:12:09","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>Director Nat Faxon, Jim Rash<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Steve Carrell, Toni Collette<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #40<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/70267400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1342\" src=\"http:\/\/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 contains the basic stereotypical characters (boozy neighbor, overbearing step-father type), but kudos to great performances by Allison Janney and Steve Carell who make the film much more than it would have been otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>The film feels like something that has been done many times before but contains a charming, feel-good quality.<\/p>\n<p>Still, I would have enjoyed it more if some risks had been taken and the characters delved into more.<\/p>\n<p>It is a one-dimensional film that ultimately disappoints.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Way, Way Back-2013 Director Nat Faxon, Jim Rash Starring Steve Carrell, Toni Collette 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 contains the basic stereotypical characters (boozy neighbor, overbearing step-father type), &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":[4,1921,4270,49,192,41,215,211,4268,4269,2478,4267,1657,2396,2108],"tags":[76,1925,4274,252,193,73,216,212,4272,4273,2482,4271,1659,2406,2109],"class_list":["post-143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2013-films","category-allison-janney","category-amanda-peet","category-comedies","category-dramas","category-indiefilms","category-indie-comedies","category-indie-dramas","category-jim-rash","category-liam-james","category-maya-rudolph","category-nat-faxon","category-sam-rockwell","category-steve-carell","category-toni-collette","tag-2013-movie-reviews","tag-allison-janney","tag-amanda-peet","tag-comedies","tag-dramas-2","tag-independent-films","tag-indie-comedies","tag-indie-dramas","tag-jim-rash","tag-liam-james","tag-maya-rudolph","tag-nat-faxon","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":8,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20133,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions\/20133"}],"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}]}}