The Way Way Back (2013) 🍭🍭🍭🍭

What do you expect when you are bound to spend your summer with your mother's new boyfriend and his daughter? Nah, it could go two ways. Only for Duncan (Liam James), it's doomed from the start.

Duncan is an awkward teenage boy who suffers constant insults dan nudgings from his may-soon-to-be stepfather. His mom doesn't help either when she invests majority of her time to blend in her boyfriend's environment. And his so called stepsister thinks she's too cool to hang out with an awkward kid like him. Yeah. Doomed. But finally Duncan finds someone when he met Owen (Sam Rockwell), a waterpark manager who can act more like a father when he desperately needs one.

The Way Way Back tells a common story in a great way. For many may find this movie as a simple heartwarming story, it moves me beyond that. To see Duncan grows as a character with the help from Owen, to see him gaining confidence in himself, it all told so well and i found myself grinning happily at the end. You want to root for Duncan and his mother to be free and find their deserved happiness, and this movie doesn't sugarcoat anything, it doesn't have a happy-ever-after ending but i am pleased. Honestly, blissfully pleased.

Love,
S❤