
Flicks, Matt Glasby
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.
Full reviewCasey 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.
LessFor 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.
Full review[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.
Full review"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.
Full reviewManchester-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of family dysfunction and the worse loss imaginable, but one held back by the fact it's all filtered through Affleck's withdrawn lead.
Full reviewAlthough 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".
Full review"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.
Full reviewA wrenching family tragedy is dramatised with the depth of a high-quality American stage piece in Manchester by the Sea.
Full reviewManchester by the Sea is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Prime Video and Apple TV.
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