Manchester by the Sea (2016)

Good movie but grossly overrated

best movie i've ever seen.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

This movie shows us the present Lee and the past Lee. Lee lost his children and he's been left in a dark alone. Joe had helped him get well and Lee has been getting over the distress. And one day,Joe died and his will says that Lee is going to be Patrick's guardian. Lee refuses it first but he decides to be his guardian after all. And then the new life starts and the movie starts showing us Lee's past. Lee's felt a great responsible to his children's loss and he's not sure if he can take care of Patrick. We can see Lee's distress of the past some times on the movie. On the other hand,Patrick doesn't look so sad at Joe's loss. But we see Patrick get sick when he sees the frozen chicken and I think that expresses that Patrick's had the sad feelings and he's been patient. Those things happen between Lee and Patrick and they develop together. But at the last, Lee decides not to take care of Patrick as his parent. The complicated situation is built between them but their relationship is never broken. At the last scene,they ride on the boat and go fishing as they did when Patrick was little. This movie is about the development of each people,Lee,Patrick,Lee's ex-wife Randi and so on. This movie is about their lives' journeys.

Manchester by the sea is a beautiful movie. This movie reflects a person, trying to adjust his life filled with misery and pain, suddenly gets an unwanted responsibility to deal with. and in that process of journey, we learn background glimpses of broken relationship, living burden of pain, abandonment of responsibilities, hope resembling re-establishment of relations, moving and living on with truth and reality.Casey was brilliant from the word get go. He let us feel the character deeply. Sublime performance from Lucas, as well, as patrick... It is a pure class hardcore slow drama that for sure would cover a particular class of viewers.

Our confidence is not as great as we thought. its size, until faced with the destiny. Do not tell me never to do it, it could make life. The film tells this very very well. Affleck deserves the reward. We bored Heavily made, exaggerated, with the biography player. Very simple and good acting.

Refreshingly mundane yet heartbreaking. When the mood strikes to watch great cinema, I get a sense of unease. Countless times have I been let down by the conventional storylines of some rather promising films. No names. This film however, had plenty of opportunities to go down the path that gives us all a sense of empty closure we'll find in other productions. Manchester by the Sea delivers on the gritty side of close family bonds. It felt incredibly real and I connected, almost instantly, with the entire cast (one exception, see below) The performances were not patronising in the slightest and therefore didn't assume we're all idiots. It's a 10 from me because I haven't once been rewarded like this whilst my expectations were as high. Not to end on a sour note but my only issue with this film is Matthew Brodrick's character. I hope I missed something there whilst taking a sip of tea but I could have done without him, especially considering the lack of follow-up. Otherwise, as perfect as my taste of film can get. Thank you all.