A boy coming-of-age near Cape Cod and more

A 14 year-old boy (Liam James) struggles to fit-in with the family & friends of his mother’s new beau (Steve Carell) as they partake of a vacation at his beach house in the Cape Cod area. The teen finds a quasi-mentor (Sam Rockwell) at a water park while developing a friendship with the cute neighbor girl (AnnaSophia Robb). Toni Collette plays the mother, Allison Janney a friend and Amanda Peet a flirty woman.

“The Way Way Back” (2013) is a coming-of-age flick that meshes elements of films like “The Squid and the Whale” (2005), “The Summe… read the rest.