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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Come on. Lunch hour's over. Well, so much for the game of my life. But you still have one more man left. No, I've yet to see the second board. Gives me something to look forward to. The board's always the same. Well, there's that. Thank you. Now, I can die. Here. Get in here. No, I... Come on, come on.

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But, listen, it's still my quarter. So, if you end up getting a high score, I don't want to see... What's your name? Duncan. I don't want to see that up on the screen. Oh, they only let you use three letters.

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Nothing's left to the imagination with you, huh, kid?

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Oh and hey!

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No pattern on my quarter. Cut your own path.

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There you are. We were just about to leave without you. Where did you go off to? Nowhere. Let's leave notes, okay? Your mom was worried. You need to get your swim trunks on. Kip and Joan have invited us out on their boat. We're gonna be late.

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Head's up, buddy. You need to wear that. I think he's gonna be all right without that. No, Duncan can't swim. Trent, he's just not a comfortable swimmer. I really think he's gonna be okay without it. No, just wear it. So people don't have to worry about you.

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Yes, we're inviting ourselves. Accept it and move on.

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Peter does have to stay down below though. His eye throws off his equilibrium and he will get sick everywhere. No, I won't, Mom! Tell that to the bucket we have to bring! Mom, why do I have to wear this? Nobody else does. He just wants you to be safe.

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Is that snug enough?

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You know what? We take our shoes off. Oh, God. Sorry. Tell me this is gonna clear, Trent. It's gonna clear. My titties need some color.

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Basically, he was relentless. And don't get me wrong. I was looking. I had been divorced for well over a year.

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It just took a little persistence on my end.

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I wasn't sure about you. I met her when she was catering some Halloween party in Albany. He went as a sexy cop. Oh, God! No. I went as a '70s, badass cop. Oh, he followed me around all night, saying that he was there to "protect and serve" me. That about ended it right there for me. Sadly, I would have been working his bag at that point. However, I do remember. You did let me help you pack your van at the end of the night. -Yes, I did. -Yes, you did. Then it took three months to get her to go out with me. Three months?

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I did not know you had that kind of stamina. She definitely made me work for it. But it was worth it. There may be hope for you yet.

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What finally changed your mind? He said we were already in this together, so I might as well.

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It's been almost a year.

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Yeah.

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Duncan.

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You guys, help yourselves.

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