The Way Back (2020)


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.

The Way Back (2020)

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Released Year: 2020
Runtime: 108 minutes
Genre: Drama
Directors: Gavin O'Connor

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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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Reviews


83
The A.V. Club - Charles Bramesco
Between the known metatext and Affleck’s bone-deep commitment, this moving central performance largely purges the film of its high potential for the maudlin.
83
The Film Stage - Unnamed
The Way Back shares those convictions and themes, but its greatest asset is its honesty.
80
IGN - Witney Seibold
The Way Back is a somber sports drama more interested in exploring the plight of its hero than in just the big games.
80
The Hollywood Reporter - Todd McCarthy
Affleck gives the impression of intimate familiarity with the anguish and self-disgust that dominate Jack’s life; this character and project clearly meant something important to him, as the title bluntly suggests, and he gives it his all without overdoing the melodrama.
75
IndieWire - David Ehrlich
Winning and losing are relative terms, but this is the first time in forever that Affleck feels like he’s got skin in the game.

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