SummaryAfter the death of his older brother Joe (Kyle Chandler), Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck) is shocked to learn that Joe has made him sole guardian of his nephew Patrick (Lucas Hedges). Taking leave of his job, Lee reluctantly returns to Manchester-by-the-Sea to care for Patrick, a spirited 15-year-old, and is forced to deal with a past that separated... Read More
Directed By:Kenneth Lonergan
Written By:Kenneth Lonergan
Manchester by the Sea
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Universal Acclaim
96
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
98% Positive
52 Reviews
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2% Mixed
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Jan 9, 2017
100
Masterfully told and beautifully acted, Manchester By The Sea is a shattering yet graceful elegy of loss and grief.
Nov 30, 2016
100
This is pitch-perfect filmmaking, the kind that turns a hungry visionary into a popular last name. Rest assured, it’s all earned. Manchester by the Sea is a hearty, rewarding drama audiences will remember for years.
User score
Universal Acclaim
87% Positive
1011 Ratings
1011 Ratings
7% Mixed
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6% Negative
69 Ratings
69 Ratings
Jul 31, 2025
10
Casey Affleck flexes his acting chops in this heartbreaking tale of loss and moving on.
His performance is raw, yet feels nuanced. It gives the whole film a sense of realism, making the entire narrative believable. Some scenes in this film will stick with you, especially if you have ever dealt with loss yourself.
Apr 25, 2025
10
Manchester by the Sea là phim sâu lắng, khắc họa chân thực nỗi đau mất mát và hành trình sống chung với tổn thương.
Nov 18, 2016
100
A movie about unremitting grief and yet it has a boisterousness, a comic twirl, that makes it much truer to the zigzags of life than most similarly themed movies that simply pile on the gloom.
Nov 16, 2016
100
Manchester finds a way to weave together truly wrenching sequences with a clever sense of humor, and Lonergan pulls extraordinary performances from his entire cast, especially Casey Affleck.
Jan 24, 2016
91
Manchester by the Sea is the kind of movie that doesn’t seem to be headed anywhere in particular for long stretches. And then, almost unexpectedly, it arrives.
Nov 30, 2016
88
What Lonergan has created here is one of the cinema’s defining statements on the kind of grief that leaves you gutted, of wounds that will never heal. He’s got the guts to make us uncomfortable in scene after scene, and the courage to deny us “The Hollywood Ending.”
Jan 24, 2016
60
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.
Mar 19, 2023
10
This is probably one of the most depressingly realistic films I have ever seen. Such amazing acting.
Jun 27, 2023
6
not bad movie, but not good either. The story is really miss & match, visual is decent, and the voice is also decent
Dec 31, 2021
6
Well this movie is basically about a guy who has to deal with **** - a lot of **** Or lets say it in other words: the live of nearly everyone. So i guess poeple like this movie because they can relate how ****ty live can be. It seems that americans love movies like this at the moment (Nomadland). But i think its only average.
Jun 12, 2022
3
Relentlessly depressing and awful. Complete downer. Hated it. Not a fan of Casey Affleck anyway. There is not a single spark of humor or a small chuckle to be found. If you want deep and dark, this is your movie. For me, it was a walk out. Didn’t, but probably should have.
Production Company:
- Amazon Studios
- K Period Media
- Pearl Street Films
- The Media Farm
- The Affleck/Middleton Project
- B Story
- Big Indie Pictures
- Madison Wells
- The Walsh Company
Release Date:Nov 18, 2016
Duration:2 h 17 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Breathtaking... A truly incredible piece of cinema!
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Wins & 6 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Gold Derby Awards
• 2 Wins & 11 Nominations
