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Manchester by the Sea

2016

Kenneth Lonergan

Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges ...

7.1

31,098

Drama A hardened handyman named Lee (Casey Affleck) returns to his hometown in New England after the death of his brother (Kyle Chandler) to care for his 16-year-old nephew (Lucas Hedges), but his arrival also unearths his checkered past. Soon, Lee comes back into contact with his estranged wife (Michelle Williams) as he deals with life in his tight-knit former community.

	Media	Author	Review
		Justin Chang Variety	"A superb performance by Casey Affleck (...) emotionally overwhelming feature. (...) A extraordinary swirl of love, anger, tenderness and brittle humor"
		Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"'Manchester By the Sea' is a film of surpassing beauty and heart. Even at its most melancholy depths, it brims with candid, earnest, indefatigable life (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)"
		Joshua Rothkopf Time Out	"Casey Affleck joins the ranks of giants in a tremendously moving portrait of grief. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"A prestige picture which could be an awards contender (...) Whatever its commercial fate, Manchester By The Sea is already an artistic success, with its combination of mesmerising, sprawling drama and authentic characters and dialogue."
		Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"A wrenching family tragedy is dramatized with the depth of a high-quality American stage piece (...) Casey Affleck [offers] what is by far his most impressive and deeply felt screen performance."
		A. O. Scott The New York Times	"[Lonergan] is a master of the quotidian absurd (...) '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"
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"No film this year has moved me more with its humor, heart and humanity (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Noel Murray IndieWire	"By the time the film ends, we know so much about these people and their town that they don’t even need to articulate their feelings for us to understand them (...) It’s what’s not said that says so much."
		Rex Reed The New York Observer	"An exemplary film of such exceptional wisdom, beauty, clarity, sensitivity and emotional depth that I had to rub my eyes to believe it (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly	"Affleck has never had a role that matches his minimal, anti-charisma style like this one (...) Lonergan has given us a masterpiece"

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