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THE WAY BACK
August 29, 2020  | By David Bianculli

HBO, 8:00 p.m. ET

 
This 2020 movie stars Ben Affleck in a dramatic role that has unfortunately uncomfortable parallels to the actor’s real life. In The Way Back, he plays a former young phenom (in this case, a high school basketball player) who tries to get his life back on track, many years later, by returning to his old high school to coach. Affleck, after winning a screenwriting Oscar with Matt Damon for their young breakout film, Good Will Hunting, in which they both also starred, rode the high and low waves of Hollywood, and has had such a volatile film career, and personal life, that this isn’t even considered his first comeback vehicle. But post-Batman, it’s a really respectable one.
 
 
 
 
 
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