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Manchester by the Sea
2016 138 min United States of America R 18+
★8.6
Drama
Director: Kenneth Lonergan
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Description
After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.
Budget:
$9M
US Gross:
$47.7M
Worldwide:
$79M
Starring
Casey Affleck
Actor
Michelle Williams
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Kyle Chandler
Actor
Awards
Academy Awards 2017
— Best Screenplay
BAFTA 2017
— Best Original Screenplay
Academy Awards 2017
— Best Actor
BAFTA 2017
— Best Picture
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2017
— Best Actor
Golden Globe 2017
— Best Screenplay
BAFTA 2017
— David Lean Award for Direction
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2017
— Best Supporting Actress
Golden Globe 2017
— Best Picture (Drama)
Golden Globe 2017
— Best Director
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2017
— Best Supporting Actor
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2017
— Best Cast Ensemble
Golden Globe 2017
— Best Supporting Actress
Academy Awards 2017
— Best Supporting Actor
Academy Awards 2017
— Best Supporting Actress
BAFTA 2017
— Best Film Editing
BAFTA 2017
— Best Supporting Actress
Academy Awards 2017
— Best Actor
BAFTA 2017
— Best Actor
Academy Awards 2017
— Best Director
Golden Globe 2017
— Best Actor (Drama)
César Awards 2017
— Best International Feature Film
Key opinion
Manchester by the Sea is widely praised for its raw, unflinching look at grief, trauma, and the limits of forgiveness. While some viewers found the slow pace and bleak atmosphere tedious, most critics and audiences lauded the film's refusal to rely on traditional melodrama.
| Acting | Casey Affleck provides a masterful, interior performance that anchors the film through his subtle physicality and portrayal of profound, unresolved suffering. | |
| Originality | The film excels at naturalism, eschewing typical Hollywood sentimentality and manipulation in favor of a quiet, honest exploration of everyday hardship. | |
| Cinematography | The score and cinematography work in tandem to immerse the viewer in the protagonist's desolate internal world and the bleak beauty of the landscape. | |
| Pacing | The film’s slow, unhurried tempo is either experienced as a rewarding, deeply immersive meditation on life or as an exhausting, tedious, and boring slog. | |
| Ending | The ending remains divisive; some find its refusal of a tidy, hopeful resolution to be a realistic reflection of life, while others view it as an anticlimactic or unengaging conclusion. | |
| Screenplay | Opinions on character relatability are split: some find the cast deeply human and authentic, while others perceive the characters as unconvincing, egoistic, or difficult to empathize with. |