He talks in a very quiet manor and sometimes he doesn't say anything at all but you can just look in Affleck's eyes and see the pain. The film, however, clearly belongs to Affleck who turns in the greatest performance of his career. ![]() The always dependable Michelle Williams' turns in another remarkable performance as the ex-wife who has her own set of pain. Hedges is extremely good in the role of the nephew and Kyle Chandler is terrific in his few scenes as the brother. As great as the screenplay is, you've also got some terrific performances to help pull out all of the emotion. We've seen several films deal with a character battling the past but I must say that this here is one of the best examples of a man being haunted and finally having to face his demons. I really thought the film used the flashbacks perfectly to show us what caused Lee to get this way and the film plays out perfectly well as all of the past comes back. When we first meet him he's somewhat of a jerk and you can just feel that there's some hidden pain in him. We're given a few flashbacks throughout the early part of the film to give us enough information to explain why the Lee character is the way he is. Writer-director Kenneth Lonergan does a magnificent job with the screenplay and I especially liked the structure that the film goes for. This certainly isn't a movie that's going to have a wide appeal because it's just too depressing for that but those willing to sit through it will find it to be quite rewarding. I'm not going to say anything else about the plot as I don't want to give anything away but it's certainly a very deep and emotional gem that has an extremely good story as well as some magnificent and emotionally charged performances. ![]() ![]() MANCHESTER BY THE SEA is an extremely quiet movie but it's also a very powerful one. It doesn't take long for the haunting past to catch up with Lee who might just not be able to face it. Manchester by the Sea (2016) **** (out of 4) After the sudden death of his brother, Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck) must return to the town that he has been running from in order to take care of his 16-year-old nephew (Lucas Hedges).
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