The Way, Way Back

The Way, Way Back is a 2013 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash in their directorial debuts. It stars Liam James as Duncan, an introverted 14-year-old who goes on summer vacation to Wareham, Massachusetts with his mother and her overbearing boyfriend. It also stars Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Allison Janney, AnnaSophia Robb, Sam Rockwell, and Maya Rudolph, with Rob Corddry, Amanda Peet, Faxon, and Rash in supporting roles. Faxon and Rash conceived the film in the early 2000s; but it spent several years in development hell before funding could be secured. Filming lasted several months during summer 2012. It premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, where Fox Searchlight Pictures (which also distributed The Descendants, co-written by Faxon and Rash) acquired distribution rights to it. The film was theatrically released in the United States on July 5, 2013, where it received positive reviews and was a box office success, grossing $26.9 million against its $5 million budget.

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Since I've been dating your mom, I don't see you putting yourself out there, bud. Meeting kids your own age. And from what your mom tells me, you just seem content to hang around her apartment.

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Is that a fair assessment? You're just happy to not do anything?

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Because, damn, to me that is a three.

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But, the good news I'm here to tell you, since there's going to be plenty of kids and plenty of opportunities for you to take advantage of at my beach house this summer.

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It's a big summer for all of us, really.

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You, your mom. Me, Steph.

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One day, we could become a family.

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So, what do you say? Let's try to get that score up. Huh?

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Aim higher than a three?

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That sound good?

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You up for that, buddy?

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This is it.

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Dad, could I get the keys?

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Are you kidding me? Thank God!

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Another night of drinking alone and I was going to kill myself! Hey! I'm off the wagon again.

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Accept it and move on.

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Oh, my God. Press my laundry. -Oh, Trent. -How're you doing? I'm good. I like this. I love your ride. Does the eight track still work? What this? This is exactly the car my dad used to drive us in. Old and crappy. Do you have any idea how much I've spent on this car? This is cherry. This is a cherry car. A car salesman with bad taste. Shocker. -Hi. I'm Betty. -Hi, Pam.

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Trent's probably already talked crap about me. No. He did, didn't he? It's okay if he has. What did he say?

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I'm loving this. Oh, thank you. I couldn't pull it off. My hair seems to hate me.

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That's where you're supposed to say, "Your hair's lovely." Oh, it, is. It is lovely. Okay.

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