‘The Way, Way Back’ Trailer: Steve Carell, Toni Collette And Sam Rockwell Shape A Boy’s Summer Vacation
By Germain Lussier/April 11, 2013 11:00 am EST
Faxon and Rash won an Oscar for writing The Descendants, but you likely know them best as Ben from Ben & Kate and Dean Pelton from Community. They pop up in this film too, which they wrote, and directed. The movie opens July 5. The first trailer is below.
Thanks to Apple.com for the trailer.
What starts off as torture for Duncan slowly gets better as he becomes friendly with the girl next door (Robb) and gets a job at a water park run by Sam Rockwell. Rockwell and Allison Janney, as a perpetually drunk neighbor, steal the movie from the rest of this great cast. Each scene featuring either actor is chock full of laughs. The rest of the movie doesn’t fare poorly, either.
Seeing Steve Carell play against type is great, the Massachusetts beach community setting is warm and inviting. The writing is so strong that a few one-note characters still come off as entertaining. The main issue with the film is that, at it’s heart, it’s about a young nerd becoming a man. And we’ve seen this movie before. We rarely get to see it with starts this big but it still feel familiar, even with the strong cast, script and direction.
The Way, Way Back opens July 5.
