The Way Way Back (2013)
The Way Way Back (2013) is a coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. The film follows the story of a fourteen-year-old boy, Duncan, who is struggling to fit in with his family and peers during a summer vacation. While the film is primarily focused on Duncan’s journey of self-discovery, there are a few sexual moments that are worth noting.
The first sexual moment in the film occurs when Duncan’s mother, Pam, and her boyfriend, Trent, are in the hot tub. Trent is clearly trying to seduce Pam, and the scene is uncomfortable for Duncan to watch. Later in the film, Duncan’s friend Susanna is seen flirting with a much older man. This scene is also uncomfortable for Duncan to watch, as he is clearly not ready to confront the realities of adult relationships.
The most significant sexual moment in the film occurs when Duncan and Susanna are at a party. Duncan is clearly uncomfortable with the situation, and Susanna is trying to get him to loosen up. She encourages him to dance with her, and the two share a brief kiss. This moment is significant because it marks the beginning of Duncan’s journey of self-discovery.
Overall, The Way Way Back (2013) is a coming-of-age comedy-drama film that features a few sexual moments. These moments are uncomfortable for Duncan to watch, but they ultimately help him to understand the complexities of adult relationships.
A teenage girl is seen standing on the porch in a shirt and bikini bottoms.
At night, man and woman make out by a beach house secretly so his girlfriend cannot see them. Later, he disappears overnight, lies about where he was, making it obvious he was cheating on his girlfriend.
A man passionately kisses a woman and he makes a vaguely sexual remark to get the woman's teenage son to leave the room.
We see a man wearing what appears to be a robe (we only see long-shots and shoulder-up shots, but it is implied that he is nude under his robe) and when he lifts his leg, a woman makes a crude joking remark about the man's genitals being visible.
A man grabs a woman's buttocks in front of another woman after making a sly sexual remark, and another woman listening makes a remark to the other woman that she would "be on her back" if the man had made a similar sexual remark to her.
A woman tells two women and a man the pick-up line used by her boyfriend; one of the women acts annoyed and the other makes a crude sexual remark about how she would perform oral sex on the man if he had told her something similar.
A man jokes with a teen boy, asking if the boy "gets laid." Male park employees teach teenage boy how to oogle women's buttocks.
A boy rubs two plastic figurines against one another, a teen boy tells the boy that the figurines are brother and sister and the boy responds that he does not care, they are "hooking up."
A woman tells another woman that her former husband has identified himself as gay and we hear the woman making a series of jokes about her former husband's sexuality.
A man warns a teen boy that his genitals could "hang out" when wearing swimming trunks
A woman crudely, half-jokingly tells a man that she would like to get tan on her breasts
A teenage girl and boy share a kiss