The Way Way Back

            So this weekend out of pure boredom, I decided to watch a movie I haven’t seen before that I saw commercials about on television, but just never actually went to see it in theaters. The movie I watched this weekend was called the Way Way Back. Literally, this movie is depressing, well, that’s what I thought anyway.

            Basically without doing a lot of summary it’s about a boy who gets forced to go to summer house with his mum and his mum’s new boyfriend; that’s basically the whole story. The movie is focused upon actor Liam James, who plays Duncan. Basically, Duncan is an awkward kid that has no friends and is just really shy, but he learns to make new friends and find his place.

            One of the main reasons I decided to watch this movie was because it had actress Anna-Sophia Robb and all the movies she has been in so far I’ve absolutely loved, so I decided it was time I watched the Way Way Back because she was in it. I was a bit disappointed though because she didn’t seem to be in the movie all that much, she plays the role of Susanna and only talks to Duncan a couple of times; and considering the movie is focused upon the character of Duncan she really isn’t in the movie that much. Even though it’s obvious that Duncan likes Susanna and even tries kissing her, but ends up chickening out and running off, she isn’t in the movie that much.

            I thought that this movie was an okay movie, it wasn’t one of those movies that is an “oh my gosh you have to see it” type of movies. This movie is more of a “if you have time then it isn’t a bad movie to watch.” It definitely had humorous points, but I found the movie overall as depressing. I mean basically you have this boy who has no friends, shy and awkward, his dad doesn’t want him, and his mum and him live in a one room apartment with each other. It just seems overall depressing, and the fact that the mum, Pam, (played by actress Toni Collette) is with a jerk of a boyfriend makes everything even more depressing.

            I noticed in this movie that Duncan just tended to do stupid things that makes you shutter and think “Why are you doing this!?” But other than that I thought it was an okay movie and didn’t think it was a waste of time to watch, but I don’t really think it would interest that many people, so watch it or don’t…It’s a pretty straight forward movie I thought.