Manchester by the Sea's reviews
Media reviews
Variety
The persistence of grief and the hope of redemption are themes as timeless as dramaturgy itself, but rarely do they summon forth the kind of extraordinary swirl of love, anger, tenderness and brittle humor that is 'Manchester by the Sea'.
Vulture
Lonergan is the master of taking a scene that starts off as something familiar, then sending it spinning off in another direction, and then pulling back at just the right moment, as the viewer?s imagination hurtles ahead to fill in the gaps.
USA Today
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.
The Washington Post
'Manchester by the Sea' is a film of surpassing beauty and heart. Even at its most melancholy depths, it brims with candid, earnest, indefatigable life.
New York Times
Mr. Affleck, in one of the most fiercely disciplined screen performances in recent memory, conveys both Lee?s inner avalanche of feeling and the numb decorum that holds it back.
The Hollywood Reporter
"It is a wrenching family tragedy is dramatized with the depth of a high-quality American stage piece (...) Casey Affleck in what is by far his most impressive and deeply felt screen performance to date."
The Guardian
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of family dysfunction and the worse loss imaginable, but one held back by the fact it's all filtered through Affleck's withdrawn lead.
Time Out
"Casey Affleck joins the ranks of giants in a tremendously moving portrait of grief."
Screen Daily
"It could be an awards contender (...) Whatever its commercial fate, 'Manchester By The Sea' is already an artistic success, with its combination of mesmerising, sprawling drama and authentic characters and dialogue."
Indiewire
"By the time the film ends, we know so much about these people and their town that they don?t even need to articulate their feelings for us to understand them (...) It?s what?s not said that says so much."
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote