Review of The Way Back (2020) by Ben Kenigsberg for The New York Times — 04 Mar 2020
The movie withholds a crucial bit of back story in early scenes only to drop it like an anvil later on. Since the revelation is known to the characters the whole time, the decision to deploy it as a surprise is cheap and shameless — a blatant foul in a movie otherwise filled with smoothly executed plays.
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This review of The Way Back (2020) was written by Ben Kenigsberg and published by The New York Times on 04 Mar 2020.
The Way Back has generally received positive reviews.
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