"The Way Back"

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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For this week's second podcast review, I am joined by Josh Parham, Amanda Spears & Dan Bayer to discuss and review the latest film from Gavin O'Connor starring Ben Affleck as you've never seen him before. "The Way Back" is a sports drama and meta personal story for the film's star dealing with alcoholism. What did we think of the story? How is Ben Affleck? Find out our thoughts and more in our review. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is our review of The Way Back.
0:05.3	You know what my dad told me last night?
0:07.6	He said that you got a full ride to Kansas.
0:10.0	We just quit.
0:11.5	Why?
0:15.0	My father didn't like me very much.
0:17.2	Someone told him I was good at basketball.
0:19.3	He paid a lot more attention to me.
0:24.6	And I realized it wasn't me that he loved. It was what I could do.
0:26.6	I spent a lot of time hurting myself trying to hurt my father.
0:30.6	I never picked up the basketball again.
0:36.6	I need a new coach, Jack.
0:38.3	You're the first person I thought of.
0:39.3	Is the team any good?
0:41.3	No.
0:42.3	In fact, the last time they made the playoffs, back when you were playing.
0:46.3	This is the whole team, ten kids?
0:49.3	You want to know why they're leaving you open.
0:51.3	It's because they don't think you could hit the ocean from the beach. Oh, snap.
0:55.0	I heard your coaching basketball?
0:58.0	Just my mind off other things.
1:00.0	You don't decide the game.
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