Manchester by the Sea

Boring boring boring.

It appears this movie has been rated either a 1-star or a 5-star movie. After seeing it, put me in the 1-star camp - very disappointing.

This was like watching paint dry, while in an electric chair. I was bored to death and couldn't wait to get out of my chair. Save your $ for a real movie.

Most beautiful movie I have seen in years.

excessive use of "F" word. Not a good movie.

Would like my time and money back. The ratings I read were obviously done by the Hollywood crowd not by average theater goers. Matt Damon's excessive use of the "F" word, when it didn't even need to be used to make his story, shows his lack of respect for working class people. The story dragged on and was very depressing.Wait until the movie comes to Red Box.

This movie is intrinsically sad because it deals with the reality of loss. It is a movie that embraces the human spirit and tells truths of everyday living. A story that needs to be told, it unthreads itself and weaves its way around its viewers. How each of us deals with pain and loss and moving on in a tight-knit community. Casey Affleck delivers an oscar-worthy performance. Not your normal run- of-the- mill movie but with a punch of life and how we live it. Well worth going to see for the performances, the scenery of the Massachussetts coastline and the stark nuggets of life .

Complete waste of time

Very fine film. Deserves many awards.

Long, depressing, dull, boring, a waste of my time & money & I'm not the only one that thought that either. Most of the people in the theater thought the same thing. Don't waste your time. You'll wish you hadn't gone, believe me. And definitely not a Christmas movie. How the actor won a Critics award is beyond me. Thought Tom Hanks should have won it for Sully.

Dramatic insight into a family undergoing huge stressors. Death, disasters, divorce, teenage brats and etc. The Protagonist is working in a job way below his ability, but needs to because he is suffering a debilitating depression that his self centered nephew is unable to realize. Thus the nephew continues to barb his uncle with nasty comments that the uncle refuses to counter. One can only hope he feels compassion for the under developed teen as he works thru a funneral, loss of family and a fire that he blames himself for. I wish the story had a better ending, like the nephew awakens to his selfishness, but alas, it's pretty real, so the movie only allows the teen to very slowly develop a higher level of thinking. A bit long.

Very depressing to put it mildly, poor acting, over use of the F word and in a word "pathetic". Walked out after 30 mins or so as its all we could stomach.

Haunting drama about grief, loss, forgiveness, and family. Full of amazing dramatic performances, notably from Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams and Lucas Hedges. Charming Boston accents and great use of humour to break up the crushing sadness of the story. Highly recommended if you like subtle performances and sad stories.

Extremely sad. Nothing uplifting. If you're looking for entertainment don't see this movie. You will be depressed when you leave

Manchester by the Sea is very, very good. Casey (the interesting) Affleck. Michelle Williams etc., resonant script, a sound track that was supportive rather than manipulative. Extremely thoughtful and authentic. Very best sort of dramatic consciousness, director Kenneth Lonergan is famous as playwright and script writer too. Huge dramatic tension with natural comic relief and sometimes unexpected outbursts. Everyone good but Affleck and his film nephew, Lukas Hedges, were both aiming high. I will see it again sometime, I'm sure.