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The Way Back

Movie
2020
1h 47m
R
English
Drama
User Score: 
6.9
Critic Score: 
76
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A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction, attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.
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The Way Back

R
Movie
2020
1h 47m
English
Drama
A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction, attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.
Rating
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6.9
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The Way Back (2020) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
76

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Ben Affleck
Jack Cunningham
Melvin Gregg
Marcus Parrish
Brandon Wilson
Brandon Durrett
Will Ropp
Kenny Dawes
Charles Lott Jr
Chubbs Hendricks
Ben Irving
Bobby Freeze
daVinchi
Devon Childress
John Aylward
Father Edward Devine
Dan Lauria
Gerry Norris
Matthew Glave
Coach Lombardo
Jeremy Ratchford
Matty (Bartender)
Jayne Taini
Susan Norris
Jeremy Radin
Father Mark Whelan
Directed By: Gavin O'Connor
Written By: Brad Ingelsby

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kuafor41 says...
5 years ago
If they wanted to make a film about sports or sports comebacks, there are certainly better films. If they wanted to make a film about alcoholism, there are certainly better films. Even if they wanted to combine alcoholism and sports there are certainly better films., So why did they make this film? There's nothing really wrong with it, apart from the obvious cliches they were compelled to put in there. But what does it add? In fact, most of the time it's depressing so there really isn't much entertainment value here.
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fawlty70 says...
5 years ago
A solid sports/redemption movie with Affleck in possibly the best performance of his life, that falls short because the titular "way back" part of the story for Affleck's character is over abruptly and way too neatly in the last five minutes of the movie. I wish the movie had devoted the majority of its non-basketball screentime to this.
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KevinSocial9697 says...
5 years ago
Some might think my rating is too high, but honestly, this film hit my feels hard and knowing Ben Affleck's past makes me love it even more as you can see the passion he has for the role. Was a really inspirational film in my opinion and is a must-watch for 2020.
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MeltedWax says...
5 years ago
Though it’s a slow movie, I thought it was well acted and the storyline was good.
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5 years ago
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Keeper70
4 years ago
Finding the Way Back, originally called The Way Back but changed probably to stop confusion with several films called The Way Back or the excellent The Way Way Back (it certainly has no similarities with that film) is a reasonably entertaining film but I cannot say it is enjoyable or made to be. You More
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JPRetana
2 years ago
The Way Back (2020) is a return to form for Ben Affleck following an aimless second half of the previous decade – specifically his ill-advised stint in the DC Universe. In this drama directed by Gavin O'Connor and written by Brad Ingelsby (co-writer of the excellent Out of the Furnace), Affleck pl More
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