Your diary date if set and watched status for this film will remain publicly visible if you change the privacy level of this entry. Add members to your Close Friends from their profile. Set your account default in Settings. Directed by Kenneth Lonergan. After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.
Michael J. Moore David Blazina. Fagan Michael Fuchs. Paul Marini Patrick M. Elizabeth Cecchini Frank Barbosa. Moving relationship stories Humanity and the world around us Powerful stories of heartbreak and suffering Touching and sentimental family stories Emotional and touching family dramas Enduring stories of family and marital drama Heartbreaking and moving family drama Show Allβ¦.
Ever held in a scream you wanted to scream but couldn't because you were afraid you couldn't stop? Ever seen a director do his utmost to tear out your soul, stomp on it only to rebuild it in the most bitter sweet way imaginable? Manchester by the Sea shows us a life, a real life, in all its ugly beauty.
It uses the power only the most exemplary pieces of art possess, the power toβ¦. This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth. As a lifelong fuckup who's pretty sure he's earned any given misery and deserves nothing good, ever, yeah this did a bit of a number on me. Continuing my streak of personal essays, I have found another film that so deeply affects and touches me that I can't not talk about it.
I left the theater in my mother's arms, barely able to walk and not finding the strength to say what was wrong. I wasn't even sure what was wrong.
