Manchester by the Sea

"For an Oscar hopeful, writer/director Kenneth (You Can Count On Me, Margaret) Lonergan's wry, wrenching drama begins in about as mundane a manner as can be."

"Its world is cruel and chaotic, but it unfolds with purpose and grace."

"[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."

"An emotional powerhouse with the weave of great literature."

""Manchester by the Sea" is a finely shaded portrait, a study in individual misery set in a place that is observed with care and affection."

"Manchester-by-the-Sea is a study of family dysfunction and the worse loss imaginable, but one held back by the fact it's all filtered through Affleck's withdrawn lead."

"I quite happily cried my eyes out twice watching this film."

"Although filled to the brim with star power and chock-full of the most dramatic extremes of the human experience, Manchester by the Sea never feels big or bloated or "too much"."

""Manchester By the Sea" is heartbreaking yet somehow heartening, a film that just wallops you with its honesty, its authenticity and its access to despair."

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