The First Great Film Of The Year.

A man whose heavy addiction is kind of justified for a very sympathetic reason is asked to save an underdog basketball team from a lost season. Well, well, well. If it isn’t the feelings I’ve been trying to avoid.

I loved The Way Back. It doesn’t fall into the usual sports clichés – the ending is not typical – and Ben Affleck, who shot this role the day after he left rehab, was amazingly heavy and raw.

I managed to see this film last week, before theaters shut down, but I’ll bet studios will be rushing current films to on-demand very soon. This one is really worth it.