Movie
The Way Back
2020R1h 48m6.6 / 10
Every loss is another fight.
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.
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Synopsis
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.
More about The Way Back
Cast
Ben AffleckJack Cunningham
Al MadrigalDan
Michaela WatkinsBeth
Janina GavankarAngela
Glynn TurmanDoc
Melvin GreggMarcus Parrish
Brandon WilsonBrandon Durrett
Will RoppKenny DawesCredits
- Directed by
- Gavin O'Connor
- Written by
- Brad Ingelsby
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $23M
- Box office
- $14.6M
Production
Warner Bros. PicturesUnited States
Pearl Street FilmsUnited States- Mayhem PicturesUnited States
Bron StudiosCanada
Themes
addiction recoveryadmiringalcoholismbasketball coachbasketball teamchangedramaticwidower
