The Way Back stars Ben Affleck, as a former high school basketball prodigy named Jack Cunningham who walked away from the game in his prime. Years later, he is a construction worker suffering from alcoholism, who is offered a shot at redemption by being offered a coaching job at his alma mater.
I thought that the plot was realistic and interesting to follow. I liked how they didn’t just wrap everything up in a bow at the end and instead made it more genuine.
I appreciated the very diverse casting however there was an extreme lack in character development. Pretty much everyone was one dimensional and forgettable except for Affleck, who was impressive with the lack of script he was given. He really brought the pain, the loneliness and sadness to his character,
The director was trying to go for some kind of heartfelt underdog story that you could really connect to like a Coach Carter or a Glory Road but he couldn’t quite get there due to the inability to create characters that you wanted to follow and depth in the storylines.
The director also tried to use the cinematography tricks, with its no script, slow motion edits and melancholy musical score, as a way to play at the heartstrings of the audience but it got played out quickly.
To be honest this movie had potential to be something great but turned out to be a huge disappointment. I’d definitely recommend skipping this one.
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