Manchester by the Sea Review
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 3:29 pm
Mixed. Was hoping for a movie in the Boston area movie Tradition of The Departed or Mystic River. Would have been satisfied with the level of Black Mass or The Town.
Not quite. Visually impressive and the movie captures the feel of Boston and it's suburbia, and really does well conveying the feel and culture of folks who live there.
But Casey Affleck overuses the spaced out non responsive pause as his main vehicle for portraying his character's feelings. He may be copying Leo in The Revenant. The ending, like Passengers, makes you wonder why did you have to sit through the movie for this letdown ending.
Lucas Hedges and Kyle Chandler are pretty good as the son and the brother. There is even a surprise Ferris Bueller sighting.
Worth a Matinee viewing.
Not quite. Visually impressive and the movie captures the feel of Boston and it's suburbia, and really does well conveying the feel and culture of folks who live there.
But Casey Affleck overuses the spaced out non responsive pause as his main vehicle for portraying his character's feelings. He may be copying Leo in The Revenant. The ending, like Passengers, makes you wonder why did you have to sit through the movie for this letdown ending.
Lucas Hedges and Kyle Chandler are pretty good as the son and the brother. There is even a surprise Ferris Bueller sighting.
Worth a Matinee viewing.