Casey Affleck, in an Oscar- & Golden Globe-winning performance, leads this drama from writer-director (and playwright) Kenneth Lonergan (You Can...
Casey Affleck, in an Oscar- & Golden Globe-winning performance, leads this drama from writer-director (and playwright) Kenneth Lonergan (You Can Count on Me).
Lee (Affleck) leads a solitary existence as a janitor, but is forced to return to his small coastal hometown after the death of his brother (Kyle Chandler). There, he juggles the new responsibility of being a guardian to his teenage nephew with painful memories, personal demons that plague him. Michelle Williams, Lucas Hedges, and Gretchen Mol co-star.
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96 %358 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
78 %50,786 reviewsAudience score rating
"For an Oscar hopeful, writer/director Kenneth (You Can Count On Me, Margaret) Lonergan's wry, wrenching drama begins in about as mundane a manner as can be."
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Flicks
Flicks"Its world is cruel and chaotic, but it unfolds with purpose and grace."
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Vulture
Vulture"[A] beautifully textured, richly enveloping drama about how a death in the family forces a small-town New Englander to confront a past tragedy anew."
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Variety
Variety"An emotional powerhouse with the weave of great literature."
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Time Out
Time Out""Manchester by the Sea" is a finely shaded portrait, a study in individual misery set in a place that is observed with care and affection."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Manchester-by-the-Sea is a study of family dysfunction and the worse loss imaginable, but one held back by the fact it's all filtered through Affleck's withdrawn lead."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"I quite happily cried my eyes out twice watching this film."
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Stuff
Stuff"Although filled to the brim with star power and chock-full of the most dramatic extremes of the human experience, Manchester by the Sea never feels big or bloated or "too much"."
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New Zealand Herald
New Zealand Herald""Manchester By the Sea" is heartbreaking yet somehow heartening, a film that just wallops you with its honesty, its authenticity and its access to despair."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"A wrenching family tragedy is dramatised with the depth of a high-quality American stage piece in Manchester by the Sea."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterManchester by the Sea | Details
Award winner- Best Actor (Affleck) and Original Screenplay, Academy Awards 2017; Best Leading Actor (Affleck) and Original Screenplay, BAFTAs 2017; Best Actor in a Drama (Affleck), Golden Globes 2017
- Rating
- 15, very strong language
- Runtime
- 136
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- USA
