The Way Back (2020)
Storyline
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.
Directors
Cast
Mike G., Ben Affleck, Glynn Turman, T. K. Carter, Shay Roundtree, Chad Mountain, Chris Bruno, Jeremy Ratchford, Michaela Watkins, Marlene Forte, Tom Archdeacon, Janina Gavankar, Brandon Wilson, Lukas Gage, Rachael Carpani, Jay Abdo, Melvin Gregg, Jayne Taini, Caleb Thomas, Al Madrigal, Jedediah Jenk, Nico David, Cynthia Rose Hall, Shantiel Alexis Vazquez, Christine Horn, James P. Harkins, Will Ropp, Fernando Luis Vega, Charles Lott, Jr., Ben Irving, Jeremy Radin, da'Vinchi, Sal Velez Jr., Yeniffer Behrens, Edelyn Okano, Olivia Cannizzo, Christina Sergoyan, Rylee Cravens, Chieko Hidaka, Troy Brookins, Josh Latzer, Alexander Tassopoulos, Craig Reed, Brian Nuesi, Carly Schneider, R.J. Asher, Justice Alan
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Reviews
83
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 Way Back shares those convictions and themes, but its greatest asset is its honesty.
80
IGN
The Way Back is a somber sports drama more interested in exploring the plight of its hero than in just the big games.
80
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
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.
