Wednesday, December 14, 2016 4:03:42 AM | (Age Not Specified)
Long, depressing, dull, boring, a waste of my time & money & I'm not the only one that thought that either. Most of the people in the theater thought the same thing. Don't waste your time. You'll wish you hadn't gone, believe me. And definitely not a Christmas movie. How the actor won a Critics award is beyond me. Thought Tom Hanks should have won it for Sully.
Tuesday, December 13, 2016 2:00:12 AM | (Age Not Specified)
Dramatic insight into a family undergoing huge stressors. Death, disasters, divorce, teenage brats and etc. The Protagonist is working in a job way below his ability, but needs to because he is suffering a debilitating depression that his self centered nephew is unable to realize. Thus the nephew continues to barb his uncle with nasty comments that the uncle refuses to counter. One can only hope he feels compassion for the under developed teen as he works thru a funneral, loss of family and a fire that he blames himself for. I wish the story had a better ending, like the nephew awakens to his selfishness, but alas, it's pretty real, so the movie only allows the teen to very slowly develop a higher level of thinking. A bit long.
Sunday, December 11, 2016 8:01:33 PM | (Age Not Specified)
Very depressing to put it mildly, poor acting, over use of the F word and in a word "pathetic".
Walked out after 30 mins or so as its all we could stomach.
Sunday, December 11, 2016 10:03:20 AM | (Age Not Specified)
Haunting drama about grief, loss, forgiveness, and family. Full of amazing dramatic performances, notably from Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams and Lucas Hedges. Charming Boston accents and great use of humour to break up the crushing sadness of the story. Highly recommended if you like subtle performances and sad stories.
Saturday, December 10, 2016 2:10:18 PM | (age group: 50 or over.) | M
This is a story about a man who goes through a horrible tragedy, never moves on and spends the rest of his life with swinging fists and spouting F bombs through out the movie. He has a chance to help his nephew after his brothers death but again fails and shrinks back to his former janitorial solitary existence. Kept hoping the plot would turn more positive but alas it never happens. Talked with a lady on the way out of the movie and she said this is not what she comes to the movie for, what a waste of time, I agree.
Thursday, December 8, 2016 4:07:40 PM | (Age Not Specified)
Manchester by the Sea is very, very good. Casey (the interesting) Affleck. Michelle Williams etc., resonant script, a sound track that was supportive rather than manipulative. Extremely thoughtful and authentic. Very best sort of dramatic consciousness, director Kenneth Lonergan is famous as playwright and script writer too. Huge dramatic tension with natural comic relief and sometimes unexpected outbursts. Everyone good but Affleck and his film nephew, Lukas Hedges, were both aiming high.
I will see it again sometime, I'm sure.
