A film director once shared with me this intriguing observation: movie critics, he opined, see too many movies. Watching The Way, Way Back, co-directed and co-written by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, his ...

The Way Way Back is a comedy-drama movie that centers around an introverted kid who is taken by his mother on a summer vacation at her wealthy boyfriend’s beach house. Not very interested in mixing up ...

If there’s one positive result from distributor Fox Searchlight’s decision at the Sundance Film Festival to pay nearly $10 million for “The Way, Way Back,” it should be this: It will remind people ...

If you're looking for pleasure, for the surprise and depth of feeling that a wonderful movie can convey, The Way, Way Back is the revelation of the day ...

Trent (Steve Carell) confronts Owen (Sam Rockwell) over Duncan (Liam James) in 'The Way Way Back' Image via Fox Searchlight Pictures Looking for a new summer comedy to dive into? If you're not in the ...

"The Way, Way Back," the comedy-drama by writer-directors Jim Rash and Nat Faxon, begins on an almost shocking note when Trent (Steve Carell) casually hurts the already shaky ego of Duncan (Liam James ...

Over the course of his summer break, a teenager comes into his own thanks in part to the friendship he strikes up with one of the park's managers.

“The Way, Way Back,” opening Friday, covers all the right ground for a coming-of-age comedy, occasionally with more wisdom than it leads you to expect. It follows a familiar, feel-good formula so ...