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IMDb rating 7.4
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Critic rating 6.7

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Critic Matt Zoller Seitz
rated 8

On the plus side, the movie has a cast full of actors who make decent material seem great.

Read full review at Roger Ebert
Critic A.A. Dowd
rated 5

As for James, he’s not exactly an exceptional actor, but he is refreshingly, authentically dorky—a hero never more articulate or less gawky than he should be.

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Catherine Shoard
rated 8

Everything in this film about a 14-year-old dragged along on holiday with his mum's new boyfriend takes place in a woozy, nostalgic vacuum.

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Olly Richards
rated 8

...a charming comedy that puts an arm around the gauche teen still shuffling about in us all.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Jan-Olov Andersson
rated 6

En film som inte bryter ny mark. Men som engagerar med sin värme, svarta humor och strålande skådespeleri.

Read full review at Aftonbladet
Critic Eva Af Geijerstam
rated 6

Sommarlov med trubbel. Generationskrock. Komiskt möte mellan ­sökande unga och självcentrerade vuxna.

Read full review at Dagens Nyheter
Critic Frederik Asschenfeldt Vandrup
rated 7

...charmerende og præcist skrevet med blik for den 14-åriges opgivende livssyn midt i en uforstående voksen verden.

Read full review at Cinemazone
Critic Samina Jakobsen
rated 8

Dialogen er vittigt skrevet, og replikkerne bliver leveret med en så udtryksfuld mimik og minutiøst veltimet komik, at man konstant finder sig selv sidde og småklukke over tragiske hændelser.

Read full review at Filmmagasinet Ekko

Cast & Crew

Nat Faxon
As Roddy
Nat Faxon
Director
Nat Faxon
Writer
Jim Rash
As Lewis
Jim Rash
Director
Jim Rash
Writer
Sam Rockwell
As Owen

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The Way Way Back is a coming-of-age comedy-drama film about an introverted 14-year-old boy named Duncan who spends a life-changing summer with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and their neighbors at a beach house in Massachusetts. With the help of Owen, a charismatic and understanding water park manager, Duncan learns to embrace his true self and find his place in the world.

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The Way Way Back was released in theaters on July 5, 2013.