Way Back, The

The game of basketball takes a backseat in this unfocused, well-acted, realistic, down-to-Earth, star-studded (Glynn Russ Turman, T. K. Carter, Chris Bruno, Hayes McArthur, Rachel Carpani, Marlene Forte, Jeremy Radin, Noah Ballou, and Lukas Gage), 108-minute film in which an alcoholic Los Angeles construction worker (Ben Affleck), who is separated from his wife (Janina Gavankar) after the death of their son, reluctantly accepts a position as a basketball coach when a priest at his former Catholic alma mater at which he was an all-star player offers him the job and while struggling along with the assistant coach (Al Madrigal) to coach the eclectic team of teenage players (Melvin Gregg, Brandon Wilson, Devon Childress, Will Ropp, Charles Lott Jr., et al.) to change their longtime-losing streak into a win, he struggles to accept and deal with his addiction and the loss of his child.
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