Though that sad page from Lee's past almost feels TOO tragic as it unspools, it's the resulting interactions of the characters involved - especially between him, his ex-wife Randi, and nephew Patrick - that feel note-for-note authentic. Say what you will about the film's funereal tone but there is nary a false feeling or false sounding moment in the entire 137 minutes.nary, mind you. There is a deeper darker tragedy at the center of this already tragic story, the collateral damage from which our main character, Lee Chandler, never recovers. In this R-rated drama, a depressed uncle (Casey Affleck) gets asked to take care of his teenage nephew (Lucas Hedges) after the boy's father (Kyle Chandler) dies. Blacker than midnight in a skillet, seating drama Manchester By the Sea showcases a lead actor and writer-director at their finest, drawing you into a very real-feeling blue note that nonetheless features a lot of high notes both tonally and artistically.
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