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Mar 6, 2020 · Ben Affleck stars as a former basketball star who becomes an alcoholic coach and tries to redeem himself at his alma mater. The Way Back is a drama sport movie that explores themes of loss, healing and redemption.
- Gavin O'connor
- 367
- 2 min
The Way Back (titled Finding the Way Back in the United Kingdom and Ireland) is a 2020 American sports drama film directed by Gavin O'Connor and written by Brad Ingelsby.It stars Ben Affleck in the main role, Al Madrigal, Michaela Watkins, and Janina Gavankar, and follows an alcoholic construction worker who is recruited to become head coach of the basketball team at the high school where he ...
- $21–25 million
- Rob Simonsen
- March 6, 2020
The Way Back is a 2010 American survival film directed by Peter Weir, from a screenplay by Weir and Keith Clarke. The film is inspired by The Long Walk (1956), the memoir by former Polish prisoner of war Sławomir Rawicz , who claimed to have escaped from a Soviet Gulag and walked 4,000 miles (6,400 km) to freedom in World War II.
- $30 million
Mar 6, 2020 · The Way Back is a 2020 movie about a former basketball star who becomes the coach of his alma mater and faces his alcoholism and trauma. The film has an 84% critics rating and an 84% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, with praise for Affleck's performance and the director's style.
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- Gavin O'connor
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- Ben Affleck
Mar 6, 2020 · A film about a coach who coaches a girls' basketball team at a Catholic high school and a damaged alcoholic coach who helps them become winners. The reviewer praises the film's direction, editing, score, and acting, but criticizes some aspects of the plot and the characterization.
Jack resumes drinking heavily. One night, while driving drunk with a woman he meets at the bar, Jack rear-ends a boat hitched to a parked car. The woman flees, telling him to enter her house through the back. Jack accidentally enters the wrong house, where he is confronted by its occupants.
