The Way Way Back
Movie • 2013 • Comedy
ReportOver the course of his summer break, a teenager comes into his own thanks in part to the friendship he strikes up with one of the park's managers.
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Three young boys are shown trapped together in an enclosed water slide.
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Sort of. During a confrontation, the antagonist (adult male) tells the main character/protagonist (a teenage boy) that his father doesn't want him around. This is surprising to the boy and is really upsetting to him.
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There's emotional abuse and neglect. The main character is a 14 year old boy who repeatedly endures taunts, condescension, and passive aggressive insults from his mother's boyfriend. It's also revealed that the main character's father doesn't want him around.
A secondary adult female character, is self-absorbed, abuses alcohol, and is emotionally neglectful, hypercritical, and condescending towards her children; even going so far as to constantly criticize her youngest child's visual disability.
A secondary adult female character, is self-absorbed, abuses alcohol, and is emotionally neglectful, hypercritical, and condescending towards her children; even going so far as to constantly criticize her youngest child's visual disability.
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Is someone stalked?
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It is very minor where a side character follows the protagonist (without their knowledge) out of curiosity
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There's a brief confrontation between the main character/protagonist (a teenage boy) and the antagonist (an adult male). The adult walks up and grabs the boy by his arm and the boy smacks his arm away and then angrily shoves the adult who then fiercely charges at the boy with a clear intent to physically assault him. He is prevented from doing this by being restrained by another character.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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The character cheating on his wife gaslights her into thinking she’s imagining things/that he’s faithful
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There's emotional abuse and neglect. The main character/protagonist is a 14 year old boy whose emotional needs are not being met by his family. He also repeatedly endures taunts, condescension, and passive aggressive insults from his mother's boyfriend. It's also revealed that the main character's father doesn't want him around.
A secondary adult female character, is self-absorbed, abuses alcohol, and is emotionally neglectful, hypercritical, and condescending towards her children; even going so far as to constantly criticize her youngest child's visual disability.
A secondary adult female character, is self-absorbed, abuses alcohol, and is emotionally neglectful, hypercritical, and condescending towards her children; even going so far as to constantly criticize her youngest child's visual disability.
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An adult female's older son offers her and her adult friends marijuana. You see him hold the bag and see him rolling a joint. No one is shown smoking it, but it's implied a short time later that they're all high while also intoxicated with alcohol.
Three teenage girls at the beach have a conversation about their parents and one of them says "I'm going to do drugs my kids".
Three teenage girls at the beach have a conversation about their parents and one of them says "I'm going to do drugs my kids".
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Is there addiction?
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It's mentioned early on by an adult female character, who is drinking an alcoholic beverage, that she's "off the wagon". This person is shown frequently drinking alcohol in most scenes throughout the movie. This same character also mentions that her oldest son "is still into the drugs". He's later shown with marijuana in a bag and rolling a joint, though he's not shown smoking it. It's never mentioned if he uses any other kind of drugs, or to what extent.
Other characters brag about abusing alcohol to the point of passing out.
Other characters brag about abusing alcohol to the point of passing out.
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YES. Many characters consume alcohol to the point of being intoxicated. A couple of them brag about passing out during past drinking episodes. An adult female character reveals she's "off the wagon" and is shown drinking alcoholic drinks throughout most of the movie.
*Not abuse, but an adult male character is completely indifferent towards his teenage daughter drinking beer. She shown taking beer bottles and looking for beer, but is never shown actually drinking it.
*Not abuse, but an adult male character is completely indifferent towards his teenage daughter drinking beer. She shown taking beer bottles and looking for beer, but is never shown actually drinking it.
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The only animals in this movie are seagulls flying in the background.
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Assault
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Is someone drugged?
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Adults get high from marijuana, but this is done voluntarily. No one is shown smoking pot, but it's implied they're high and also intoxicated by alcohol.
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Is rape mentioned?
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An adult female character mentions that her niece was raped in a food court. This is just a passing comment in the beginning of the movie and is never mentioned again. No further details about this person are given. There is no character representing this niece in the movie.
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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No, but the adult male antagonist attempts to physically assault the main character (a 14 year old boy) after the boy shoves him. This is prevented from happening by others who physically restrain him.
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Is someone restrained?
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The adult male antagonist is restrained by a couple secondary characters to prevent him from physically assaulting his girlfriend's teenage son (the main character).
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No, but rape is mentioned during a conversation, but it is just a passing comment and is never mentioned again. The character who was raped is not named and is not shown in the movie.
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Does someone cheat?
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An adult male antagonist cheats on his girlfriend with a lady friend and former lover. The girlfriend is the mother of the male character.
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Is there a shower scene?
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But do know a significant portion of the film has water aspects
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The movie is set on the beaches of Massachusetts
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Law Enforcement
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Side character jokes when they first pull up to the house
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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No but the main character skips eating meals and bins food in several scenes due to his mother's neglect.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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A mother repeatedly criticizes her youngest son's visual disability and forces him to wear an eye patch against his will so, according to her, he doesn't disturb other people who look at him.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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A couple of women in bikinis are deliberately and intensely ogled by several male characters at a waterpark.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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