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Ben Affleck's personal life helped to inform his performance in The Way Back.

During these trying times, when we're all just trying to find our way back to normalcy, may I offer you a film about Ben Affleck as an alcoholic basketball coach just trying his find to way back to normalcy? The Way Back, (briefly) released in theaters earlier this year, is just that film. And now, in the wake of the coronavirus, Warner Bros. is making the film available early on VOD. [caption id="attachment_871626" align="alignright" width="350"] Image via Warner Bros.[/caption] The film is directed by Gavin O'Connor, who previously made The Accountant with Affleck, and …

After a few turbulent years both professionally and personally, Ben Affleck's busy upcoming schedule suggests he's most definitely stepping back into the spotlight, but it's not exactly the big franchise glare of the Bat-Signal. The two-time Oscar winner's first major theatrical release since 2017's Justice League is the personal, introspective sports drama The Way Back, which reunites the actor with his The Accountant director Gavin O'Connor. Affleck plays Jack Cunningham, a former high-school basketball phenom whose adult life descended into alcoholism. At rock bottom, Jack gets a chance at redemption when …

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If you've seen a sports drama, you probably know how Gavin O'Connor's The Way Back will play out. If you've seen an addiction drama, you probably know how the movie is going to play out. The Way Back isn't trying to surprise its audience. Instead, it's offers to go through those beats as perfectly as possible for maximum effect, and it makes the film work wonderfully. Let's be blunt: we're not inundated with movies like The Way Back. No one is out here making a franchise about an alcoholic helping various sports …

Think of it as a personal drama that just happens to have sports mixed in.

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The Way Back is a gratifying sports movie that is made better than the average by some sadness, some realism, and Ben Affleck's performance.

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Ben Affleck's latest film tackles many issues that he's faced in his own life.

Warner Bros. Pictures has released a new trailer for The Way Back, director Gavin O'Connor's drama starring Ben Affleck that was genetically engineered in a laboratory to be considered for next year's Oscars. Affleck stars as Jack Cunningham, a once-promising athlete who tanked a full scholarship and spiraled into addiction. Nine years later, Jack gets a shot at redemption when he's asked to coach the basketball team at his old high school. As was revealed in the first trailer, the film genuinely looks pretty great, with Affleck putting in the type of full-tilt performance …

Warner Bros. releases a new trailer for director Gavin O'Connor's sports drama, The Way Back, starring Ben Affleck as a high school basketball coach.

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Warner Bros. Pictures has released the first trailer for the upcoming sports drama The Way Back, and it looks kind of great. The film stars Ben Affleck as a former high school basketball star whose adult life spiraled downwards following a tragic loss, made worse by his alcoholism. But a spark ignites when he’s asked to coach the basketball team at his alma mater after their coach unexpectedly dies, and he struggles to find… the way back. Despite the familiar premise, the trailer is pretty terrific. Gavin O’Connor, who helmed Affleck in the solid thriller The Accountant and …

Warner Bros. releases the first trailer for Gavin O'Connor's The Way Back, starring Ben Affleck as a high school basketball coach battling alcoholism.

Warner Bros. has delayed the release of its Ben Affleck-led addiction drama The Way Back from October 18th of this year to March 6, 2020, the studio announced Monday. Gavin O'Connor directed the film, which finds Affleck playing a former basketball star who, after struggling with alcohol addiction, attempts to redeem himself by coaching the high school basketball team at his alma mater. According to Deadline, which broke the news, The Way Back has scored well with test audiences -- for what it's worth, I've heard good things as well -- and the studio thought it best to …

Warner Bros. delays Ben Affleck and director Gavin O'Connor's sports drama The Way Back from October 2019 to a March 2020 release date.