Review of The Way Way Back (2013) by Taplinger — 27 Nov 2013

There are good movies, bad movies, and movies so south of bad that I had to walk out early on. It's so much worse than terrible that it was painful to sit through the "humor." I don't know whether to be more surprised that only two users rated it negative or that so many people liked it.

I am certainly surprised that Andrew O'Heir gave it 80. Basically you have parents who treat their children terribly, which isn't funny, and running gags like unsuccessful lazy eye surgery that really isn't funny.

Add to that the fact that Janney either has no flair for comedy or her director has no talent for comedy, or both.