2020 · drama · coming-of-age · sports
The Way Back
Directed by Gavin O'Connor1h 48m2020
A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction, attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.
Our read: The Way Back (2020) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama · coming-of-age · sports entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured drama / coming-of-age, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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