Comedy | Drama | USA | 102min Cast: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Allison Janney, Liam James, AnnaSophia Robb, Sam Rockwell. Maya Rudolph, Rob Corddry, Amanda Peet Duncan (Liam James) is a shy, awkward teen who must spend the summer at a beach house with his mother (Toni Collette), her boyfriend, Trent (Steve Carell), and Trent's obnoxious daughter (AnnaSophia Robb). Trent can't resist badgering Duncan, so the youth steals away to a water park and gets a job that will help him stay off Trent's radar. As Duncan tends to the slides and pools of the aging park, he finds a father figure in wisecracking park manager Owen (Sam Rockwell) at a time when he desperately needs one. The Way Way Back makes use of its talented cast, a finely tuned script, and an abundance of charm to deliver a funny and satisfying coming-of-age story. An accomplished acting ensemble led by Collette, Steve Carell and Sam Rockwell is rounded out by Alison Janney, Maya Rudolph, Amanda Peet, Rob Corddry and young Liam James as the central character, Duncan. The title refers to the "way back seat," the 1970s colloquial term for the third backwards facing seat located in the rear section of a family station wagon.