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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I wish this wasn't just a job.

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I'm sorry, I didn't mean to... It's okay. It's my fault.

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Don't worry about it.

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The soup needs a little longer.

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There's a 1:30 and a 3:30. We could see one of those.

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Let's stay in. Do something we can all do together. As a family. We can see a movie as a family. We could grab Kip and Joan and make an evening out of it. I don't feel like hanging out with Kip and Joan. I feel like hanging out with all of you.

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Okay.

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It says appropriate for people four to eight. So, we're good.

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What color gingerbread character do you want to be? Trent? Surprise me.

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I have to be yellow!

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Oh, look, you can take the shortcut there. No. He can't do that.

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Yes, he can. He crosses the bridge. This is so stupid. No, you're at the shortcut. So, take it. Okay. Hold on, hold on. Okay. Here we go.

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"Shortcuts. If your playing piece lands by exact count "on the purple space below Gumdrop Pass, "then you can take the shortcut." "Exact count."

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He picked a card with a blue square so he has to go to the blue square. I don't think it matters. If it didn't matter, they wouldn't put it in the directions. We can fudge the rule.

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If you're gonna play this way, then, I'm just going like that.

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All the way past Molasses Swamp and I win. No rules. I win the game. Fine. We'll play the way you're supposed to play. Duncan, move back to your correct place. Why don't we just play by the rules? And then everybody's gonna be happy. Okay? I already did.

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Great. Now, take my turn. I'm going to set the table for lunch. No. Wait. You have to do it. Duncan can move for me. No. You're the one who wanted to play. So play your turn.

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Purple.

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It's two.

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You have to move two purple squares.

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