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Manchester by the Sea

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2016 · 2h 18m · R Drama
Directed by Kenneth Lonergan

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Overview

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.

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96%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Manchester stands out for doing an old routine just right. It's not the next best thing, but it does justice to a familiar playbook.

Eric Kohn, indieWIRE
Fresh

[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.

Justin Chang, Variety
Fresh

A wrenching family tragedy is dramatized with the depth of a high-quality American stage piece in Manchester by the Sea.

Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh

The finest possible incarnation of the sort of starry, delicate drama that is a festival standard.

Alison Willmore, BuzzFeed News
Fresh

Lonergan has sculpted this story and these characters with great delicacy and wisdom, knowing exactly what to leave out and when, like the sturdy types who populate this desolate landscape, to draw back and walk away in sorrow.

Kyle Smith, New York Post

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