Saturday, March 7, 2020

The Way Back: Gets lost along the way

The Way Back was humming along nicely as two flicks in one—a come-from-behind sports movie and an addiction recovery film. Nice.

Then for some unknowable reason, late in the film, a third genre emerged like a hideous specter. Now, it's also a family-tragedy film, meaning movie-goers have to step back from the story and reassess everything they thought they knew about the characters and their motivations, while the upbeat possibilities crash to the ground like a football in the end zone after a touchdown.

What were they thinking?!?

If only.

The movie had so much going for it. Including an unpredictable (for a comeback sports flicks) ending.

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