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| MANCHESTER BY THE SEA movie poster |
Recently a Dear Friend rolled by to pick up The Travelling Toe and we headed East via highways, byways, detours and ongoing road construction towards Dallas in order to see a movie at the Angelika Movie Theater. The movie we wanted to see "Manchester By The Sea" was not playing at the local movie theaters.
As the plot of this movie is told in flashbacks along with current interactions and repercussions, the following plot overview is via the internet:
Lee Chandler is a brooding, irritable loner who works as a handyman for a Boston apartment block. One damp winter day he gets a call summoning him to his hometown, north of the city. His brother's heart has given out suddenly, and he's been named guardian to his 16-year-old nephew. As if losing his only sibling and doubts about raising a teenager weren't enough, his return to the past re-opens an unspeakable tragedy.
This is not a movie for everyone. The "F" word is used with abandonment by both adults and teens, plus with the sexual content, it earns the movie an "R" rating.
CAST:
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| Casey Affleck Lee Chandler |
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| Kyle Chandler Joe Chandler |
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| Michelle Williams Randi Chandler |
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| Lucas Hedges Patrick Chandler |
The movie stars the "other" Affleck brother, Casey who does an amazing job as the brooding introspective protagonist full of conflicting emotions about being back home in Manchester. There seems to be a lot of Oscar "buzz" about Casey for this role and it is well deserved.
SIDE NOTE: Just to enlighten you Dear Reader, the Manchester in this movie is the one in Massachusetts not the one across the pond. One other point of interest is that Matt Damon is one of the producers of the movie.
The Travelling Toe gives this movie 1 big toe up with a patch for sea sickness as some of the scenes are shot on a fishing boat.
Disclaimer: The Travelling Toe is not a processional critic and any opinions expressed are for entertainment purposes only.
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