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Manchester by the Sea (film)

January 31, 2023

For the Massachusetts town of the same name, see Manchester-by-the-Sea.

Manchester by the Sea is a 2016 American drama film written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan that stars Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, and Lucas Hedges. Centered around the themes of depression, guilt, grief, responsibility, dysfunctional families, and post-traumatic stress disorder, the plot follows a depressed and grief-stricken man who was accidentally responsible for the deaths of his three children and must care for his teenage nephew after the death of his brother.

Manchester by the Sea
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKenneth Lonergan
Written byKenneth Lonergan
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJody Lee Lipes
Edited byJennifer Lame
Music byLesley Barber
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • January 23, 2016 (2016-01-23) (Sundance)
  • November 18, 2016 (2016-11-18) (United States)
Running time
137 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$9 million[2]
Box office$79 million[2]

The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2016, and was picked up by Amazon Studios for distribution. Manchester by the Sea was filmed during March and April 2015 in the eponymous Massachusetts town and other towns in the state, such as Beverly, Essex, Gloucester, Swampscott, Lynn, Middleton, Tewksbury, and Salem. It began a limited release on November 18, 2016, before a wide release on December 16, 2016. It grossed $79 million worldwide against a budget of $9 million.

The film received critical acclaim and was widely counted among the best films of 2016; the National Board of Review listed it as the top film of 2016. Critics complimented the performances of Affleck, Hedges, and Williams, as well as Lonergan's screenplay and direction. At the 89th Academy Awards, Manchester by the Sea won awards for Best Actor for Affleck and Best Original Screenplay, and additional nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Hedges), and Best Supporting Actress (Williams). Affleck also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama; the film was also nominated in four other categories. The British Academy Film Awards nominated the picture for six awards, of which it won Best Actor in a Leading Role for Affleck and Best Original Screenplay.

Plot

Lee Chandler is a depressed and asocial janitor who lives alone in a basement apartment in Quincy, Massachusetts. One day, he receives a phone call informing him that his brother Joe, a fisherman who lives in Manchester-by-the-Sea, has suffered cardiac arrest; Joe dies before Lee can make it to the hospital.

Lee insists on being the one to tell Joe's teenage son Patrick about his father's death. While making funeral arrangements, they are reminded Joe's body cannot be buried until spring as the ground is frozen. Lee makes plans to remain in Manchester, living in Joe's house until the delayed burial.

When Lee meets with Joe's attorney he is shocked to discover Joe named him as Patrick's legal guardian. Flashbacks reveal that Lee once lived in Manchester with his then-wife Randi and their three small children. One night after hosting a raucous party, an intoxicated Lee forgot to put the screen in front of the fireplace, leading to a house fire that killed his children. No criminal charges were filed against him, as the police ruled it a tragic accident. However, at the station, a guilt-ridden Lee stole an officer's gun and attempted to commit suicide, before being subdued. He and Randi subsequently divorced, and Lee left town. He is reluctant to commit to the guardianship, as it would require him to move back to Manchester.

Plans are begun for Patrick to move to Boston with Lee but Patrick has strong ties to the Manchester community and stubbornly objects. Lee commits to staying until the end of the school year. Patrick wants to live with his estranged mother Elise, who still lives in the area. Lee is opposed to this as her history with alcoholism led her to abandon her family, but Patrick decides to reconnect with her over lunch.

Elise has committed to Christianity and sobriety with her fiancé Jeffrey, but during an awkward meal with them, Patrick finds he is unable to connect with her. He is further unsettled when Jeffrey emails him and insists on being an intermediary in any future communication between them. Lee's positive comments about Elise's sobriety lead Patrick to believe his uncle is trying to get rid of him, assertions Lee denies.

In response to this strain in their relationship, Lee takes steps to possibly extend his stay in Manchester and seeks to spend more time with Patrick. Over time, they re-establish their bond, despite conflicts over Joe's boat, Patrick's girlfriends, and their future living arrangements.

However, staying in Manchester is still painful for Lee, as he is surrounded by reminders of his past. One day, Lee runs into Randi with her newborn child. A sobbing Randi expresses remorse for her treatment of him during their divorce and asks him to have lunch. Lee deflects her apology, feeling that he does not deserve it. When she insists they reconnect and pleads with him not to "just die", Lee is overwhelmed with emotion and has to leave before he breaks down.

Distraught, Lee gets drunk at a bar, picks a fight with strangers, and is knocked out. He awakens in the living room of Joe's friend George and breaks down in tears. At home, Patrick shows his uncle deference after seeing his battered state and pictures of his deceased children. Lee arranges for George and his wife to adopt Patrick so that he can remain in Manchester while Lee takes a job in Boston. When Patrick asks Lee why he cannot remain in Manchester, Lee says that he "can't beat it."

During a walk after Joe's burial service, Lee tells Patrick he is searching for a residence in Boston with an extra room so Patrick can visit whenever he wants. In the final scene, Lee and Patrick go fishing on Joe's refurbished boat, which Patrick has inherited.

Cast

Themes

Manchester by the Sea is a treatment of profound grief from which it is difficult or impossible to recover. In an essay in Cineaste, Colin Fleming writes that "the question Lonergan invites us to ask ourselves is how on earth would we be able to carry on after an event so tragically full of loss and guilt."[3] Speaking to the persistence of grief, Film Comment magazine says that "Lonergan is telling us that Lee's grief cannot be contained or subdued because his past lives on wherever he goes."[4] Remarking on the way flash-backs appear suddenly during the movie, critic Anthony Lane says that Lonergan "proceeds on the assumption that things are hard, some irreparably so, and that it's the job of a film not to smooth them over."[5] He also noted the tragedy is juxtaposed with "the harsh comedy that colors much of the dialogue, and the near-farcical frequency with which things go wrong."[6] Along those same lines, critic Steven Mears called the film "a study of grief and reticence that finds droll humor in those very sources,"[7] and Richard Alleva says the loving but tense relationship between Lee and Patrick "keeps the story nicely balanced between rough hewn comedy and delicate pathos."[8] Explaining his objective, Lonergan said,

I don't like the fact that, nowadays, it feels like it's not permissible to leave something unresolved ... Some people live with their trauma for years. I'm not interested in rubbing people's faces in suffering ... But I don't like this lie that everybody gets over things that easily. Some people can't get over something major that's happened to them at all; why can’t they have a movie too?[9]

The film's events take place through the cultural filter of a blue-collar, New England community. John Krasinski and Matt Damon initially approached Lonergan about developing the story in New England.[10] As Lonergan researched the areas surrounding Manchester-by-the-Sea, he sought to include details specific to the area, such as its distance from Quincy, the delayed burial because of the frozen ground in a historical cemetery, and the realities of fishing life.[10] Critic Sam Lansky said the lead character's New England roots make him "disinclined to emote",[11] and Tom Shone said Lonergan's dialog forces "the story’s heartbreak to peep from behind these tough, flinty New England exteriors."[12]

Production

Matt Damon and John Krasinski brainstormed a film about an "emotionally crippled" handyman, and took the idea to Lonergan for his input, thinking Krasinski would star and Damon would direct.[9] Damon had worked with Lonergan on the 2011 film Margaret.[13] Both actors became occupied with other projects while Lonergan worked on the screenplay for three years.[9] After Damon read a rough draft of the script, he insisted Lonergan should direct the project and that Damon would star in it.[9][14] They announced they would collaborate on the project on September 6, 2014, and pre-production began two days later.[13] However, Damon would not have a break in his schedule for another year.[9] In early December 2014, while filming The Finest Hours, Casey Affleck told The Boston Globe he would replace Damon in the lead role.[15] Damon said he "wouldn't give this role up to anybody but Casey Affleck."[9]

Affleck officially replaced Damon on January 5, 2015.[16] On January 9, Michelle Williams was selected to play the lead character's former wife[17] and Kyle Chandler was cast as Affleck's character's older brother on February 24.[18] In April 2015, Lucas Hedges joined the cast of the film.[19] Lonergan has said Hedges' audition was "special" but that he was unsure how the young actor would perform "because his background is so different [from that of the character]. Ultimately he did a beautiful job."[10] It was later revealed Erica McDermott had also been cast.[20] Coming from a theater background, Lonergan had the actors rehearse table read-style for two weeks before filming.[21]

Principal photography began on March 23, 2015, with scenes filmed in the town Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts,[22] and the North Shore at locations in Beverly, Essex, Gloucester, Swampscott, Lynn, Middleton, Tewksbury, and Salem.[23][24] Filming wrapped on April 30, 2015.[25] In October 2018, Damon said in an interview with The Bill Simmons Podcast Lonergan had originally planned to film a different ending to the film that would have been a retreating drone shot of a flashback of Affleck's and Williams' characters, their children and extended family, on his brother's boat. The scene was determined to be too expensive to film, although Damon said the film's unexpected financial success meant it could have been filmed after all.[26]

Initially, Gigi Pritzker was due to produce and finance the film through her company Odd Lot Entertainment.[13] In March 2015, however, it was reported Kimberly Steward, through her company K Period Media, would produce and finance the film with Damon (through his company Pearl Street Films), Chris Moore (through CMP), Kevin J. Walsh (through his company B Story), and Lauren Beck, along with additional financing from Sierra/Affinity. The executive producers were Josh Godfrey, John Krasinski, Declan Baldwin, and Bill Migliore.[27]

Music

Lesley Barber was selected to score the film, as she had previously worked on Lonergan's 2000 film You Can Count on Me.[28] She developed the first musical themes after reading the script.[29] Once she established the themes, Barber worked with the orchestra to create a sound that emoted the sound of the ocean with "underlying tension" with lightness, for exterior scenes.[28] Early in the scoring process, Barber took inspiration from New England church music from the 1700s, including Calvinist hymns and other music of the Pilgrims and Colonial era, with its emphasis on a cappella vocals.[30] Barber developed the music to complement her understanding of the essence of the film's scenes based on emails and conversations with Lonergan.[28]

To score scenes that reflect Lee's "interior landscape," she sent the music to her daughter Jacoba Barber-Rozema, an opera major,[29] then recorded her singing in her dorm room via Skype.[29][30] Barber said the confined space made for a "perfect sound."[30] Orchestration was later added to the track.[29] For the opening flashback of Lee in happier times, Barber recorded her daughter's vocals in a large, spacious auditorium.[28] Instead of giving Lonergan demos, Barber provided him with more-finished pieces earlier in the editing process to allow the director to have a better sense of the music while editing.[28] The film was cut down after the Sundance screening, requiring Barber to rework and simplify some of the music.[28]

Critic Steven Mears says the film's score "gives form" to the feelings of blue-collar Americans.[7] Bobby Finger, writing for Jezebel, called it "an elegant white noise ... a hypnotic soundtrack to focused thought."[31] Caitlin Warren of Spindle Magazine said the score adds perfectly "to the raw emotion of the film without ever overwhelming it to the point of feeling contrived or cheesy."[32] Film score critic Jonathan Broxton said the music "dwells in the bitterness of regret" and that it has "a captivating, dream-like quality that is ... dramatically appropriate for the film it accompanies."[33]

The use of "Adagio in G minor" to accompany the revelation of Lee's tragedy received mixed reviews. The New Yorker said, "Any piece of music that has been used for Rollerball, Gallipoli, and Flashdance has, by definition, been squeezed dry."[5] Mark Kermode of the BBC said the piece "has been overused so much in popular entertainment that when it turns up, it's distracting."[34] According to Koresky, in the montage, "Lonergan thickly lays on the Handel, Bach, and Albinoni, making this sequence almost surreally operatic in its horror."[4] In an interview, Lonergan said he originally used the piece as a stand-in track while editing and decided to keep it in.[34] The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ruled the film's score ineligible for Oscar consideration due to the volume of music from classical composers in the soundtrack. In a statement Barber released to Variety, she said, "While I accept the Academy’s decision, I also support my director's decision to use these pieces and I'm also very proud of the substantial contribution that the original score made to the film as well."[30]

Soundtrack

All music was written by Lesley Barber unless otherwise noted. The orchestra was conducted by James Shearman. Jacoba Barber-Rozema, Barber's daughter, provided additional vocals. The album was recorded and mixed by XXX and edited by Mick Gormley. The album was produced by Barber and Stefan Karrer.[33]

No.TitleWriter(s)PerformerLength
1."Manchester by the Sea Chorale" Jacoba Barber-Rozema2:20
2."Manchester Minimalist Piano and Strings"  2:19
3."Plymouth Chorale" Barber-Rozema, Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra[35]1:25
4."Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)" (from Messiah)Georg Friedrich HändelMusica Sacra Orchestra3:00
5."Smoke"  1:53
6."Floating 149" (A Cappella) Barber-Rozema1:53
7."Floating 149" (Strings Reprise)  2:20
8."Sonata for Oboe & Piano, 1st Movement"HändelGerhard Kanzian and Ed Lewis2:25
9."Manchester Minimalist Piano and Strings" (Strings Reprise)  1:04
10."He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd; Come Unto Him" (from Messiah)HändelMusica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra5:11
11."Manchester Minimalist Piano and Strings" (Variation)  2:19
12."Adagio per Archi E Organo in Sol Minore"Tomaso Albinoni and Remo GiazottoThe London Philharmonic Orchestra8:34
13."Smoke Reprise with Bass and Strings"  1:37
14."I'm Beginning to See the Light"Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, and Harry JamesElla Fitzgerald and The Ink Spots2:44
15."Chérubin"Jules MassenetMunich Radio Orchestra with the choir of the Bavarian State Opera3:01
16."Manchester by the Sea Strings Reprise"  2:19
Total length:44:07

Release

Manchester by the Sea had its world premiere on January 23, 2016, at the Sundance Film Festival.[36] Shortly afterward, Amazon Studios acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film for $10 million, beating Sony Pictures Classics, Universal Pictures, Lionsgate, and Fox Searchlight.[37][38] This was the second-largest disclosed purchase at the Sundance Film Festival after The Birth of a Nation at $17.5 million.[39] Roadside Attractions, of which Lionsgate owns 45%, later became co-distributor of the film with Amazon.[40]

The film was screened at the Telluride Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival, both of which took place in September 2016.[41][42][43] The 2016 New York Film Festival, which ran from September 30 to October 16, included Manchester by the Sea in its "main slate" and invited Longergan to participate in audience question-and-answer sessions after the October 2 and 11 screenings of the film.[44][45] It was also shown at the BFI London Film Festival on October 8, 2016.[46] The film was theatrically released on November 18, 2016.[47]

Home media

Manchester by the Sea was made available to stream on Amazon and for digital download in the U.S. on February 7, 2017,[48] and on Amazon Prime on May 5 of that year.[49] It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on February 21, 2017.[50] In the UK, the film became available for digital download on May 8, 2017, and on Blu-ray, DVD, and On Demand on May 15 the same year.[51]

Reception

Box office

Manchester by the Sea grossed $47.7 million in the United States and Canada, and $31.3 million in other territories, grossing $79 million worldwide against a production budget of $9 million.[2] The film began a limited theatrical release on November 18, 2016, and grossed $256,498 from four theaters that weekend, making for a per-theater average of $64,125. It began a U.S.-wide release on December 16, 2016, opening against Rogue One and Collateral Beauty, grossing $4.2 million, and finishing sixth in terms of revenue at the box office.[52]

Critical response

Manchester by the Sea received critical acclaim and praise for Lonergan's screenplay and direction, and the performances of Affleck, Hedges, and Williams. After an early screening at the Sundance Film Festival, Rolling Stone called it the "must-see film" of 2016.[9] As more critic reviews were published, Rotten Tomatoes assigned the film an approval rating of 96% based on 357 reviews with an average rating of 8.80/10. According to the website's critical consensus, "Manchester by the Sea delivers affecting drama populated by full-bodied characters, marking another strong step forward for writer-director Kenneth Lonergan."[53] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 96 out of 100 based on 53 critics—the third highest of the year—indicating "universal acclaim."[54] According to Metacritic data, critics counted the film among the best films of 2016.[55]

 
 
 
The performances of (left to right) Casey Affleck, Lucas Hedges, and Michelle Williams garnered critical acclaim and were nominated for Academy Awards, with Affleck winning.

Giving the film five stars out of five, Phil de Semlyen of Empire called the film "masterfully told and beautifully acted", and favorably compared Affleck's performance to that of Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront, and saying, "there's not much higher praise than that."[56] Variety's Justin Chang said the film is a "beautifully textured, richly enveloping drama" and, while he noted that the film "may be too sprawling a vision for all arthouse tastes," he asserted that "Lonergan's many champions are scarcely the only viewers who will be stirred by this superbly grounded and acted third effort."[57]

Critic Peter Travers said the movie "ranks with the year's very best films" and that "it takes a piece out of you."[58] RogerEbert.com's Matt Zoller Seitz gave the film four stars out of four, stating it is "the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time."[59] Anthony Lane of The New Yorker called the film "carefully constructed, compellingly acted, and often hard to watch."[6]

Entertainment Weekly's Leah Greenblatt said "the exquisitely crafted, emotionally ragged Manchester doesn't just ask for time and effort; it earns it."[60] In a mixed review, Lanre Bakare of The Guardian gave the film three stars out of five, saying the "impact of this impressive drama is suffocated by the silence and suffering of its central character."[61] The film was included on many end-of-year lists, including those of the American Film Institute,[62] Rolling Stone,[63] BBC,[64] The New York Times,[65] Los Angeles Times,[66] and The Washington Post.[67]

The scene that drew the most critical praise depicts the characters Randi and Lee speaking again years after their divorce; Anthony Lane called it the "highlight" of the movie.[5] Tom Shone said of Williams' performance, "if this actress were put on earth to do one thing only, it would be this scene."[12] According to Chang, Williams "has one astonishing scene that rises from the movie like a small aria of heartbreak."[57] Zoller called the scene "a duet of mortification and mercy that stacks up with the best of Mike Leigh (Secrets and Lies)."[59] Affleck said he strove to show restraint while acting the scene, adding, "The challenge was to have all of those feelings and hold it without weeping and wailing and gnashing your teeth. To be there, and not be there."[11]

In 2018, IndieWire writers ranked the script the fifth best American screenplay of the 21st century, with Michael Nordine arguing that "Lonergan's screenplay balances almost every heartbreaking scene with a moment of levity [...]; this proves crucial, as the movie might otherwise have simply been too sad for most people to get through."[68]

Accolades

Main article: List of accolades received by Manchester by the Sea (film)

Manchester by the Sea received six nominations at the 89th Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Affleck), Best Supporting Actor (Hedges), Best Supporting Actress (Williams) and Best Original Screenplay,[69] winning two for Best Original Screenplay for Lonergan and Best Actor for Affleck. It was the first film released by a digital streaming service to be nominated for Best Picture.[70] Affleck won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, and the film was nominated for four additional awards at the 74th ceremony: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress (for Williams) and Best Screenplay.[71]

The film received six nominations at the 70th British Academy Film Awards: Best Film, Best Direction, Best Editing, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Affleck), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Williams), and Best Original Screenplay (Lonergan).[72] Affleck won Best Actor in a Leading Role and Lonergan won Best Original Screenplay.[73] The National Board of Review listed Manchester by the Sea as its top film of 2016.[74]

Notes

  1. ^ Credited at Ben O'Brien

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External links

  • Manchester by the Sea – official site
  • Manchester by the Sea at IMDb
  • Manchester by the Sea at Rotten Tomatoes

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manchester, film, massachusetts, town, same, name, manchester, manchester, 2016, american, drama, film, written, directed, kenneth, lonergan, that, stars, casey, affleck, michelle, williams, kyle, chandler, lucas, hedges, centered, around, themes, depression, . For the Massachusetts town of the same name see Manchester by the Sea Manchester by the Sea is a 2016 American drama film written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan that stars Casey Affleck Michelle Williams Kyle Chandler and Lucas Hedges Centered around the themes of depression guilt grief responsibility dysfunctional families and post traumatic stress disorder the plot follows a depressed and grief stricken man who was accidentally responsible for the deaths of his three children and must care for his teenage nephew after the death of his brother Manchester by the SeaTheatrical release posterDirected byKenneth LonerganWritten byKenneth LonerganProduced byMatt Damon Kimberly Steward Chris Moore Lauren Beck Kevin J WalshStarringCasey Affleck Michelle Williams Kyle Chandler Lucas HedgesCinematographyJody Lee LipesEdited byJennifer LameMusic byLesley BarberProductioncompaniesK Period Media Pearl Street Films The Media Farm The Affleck Middleton Project B StoryDistributed byAmazon Studios Roadside AttractionsRelease datesJanuary 23 2016 2016 01 23 Sundance November 18 2016 2016 11 18 United States Running time137 minutes 1 CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget 9 million 2 Box office 79 million 2 The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23 2016 and was picked up by Amazon Studios for distribution Manchester by the Sea was filmed during March and April 2015 in the eponymous Massachusetts town and other towns in the state such as Beverly Essex Gloucester Swampscott Lynn Middleton Tewksbury and Salem It began a limited release on November 18 2016 before a wide release on December 16 2016 It grossed 79 million worldwide against a budget of 9 million The film received critical acclaim and was widely counted among the best films of 2016 the National Board of Review listed it as the top film of 2016 Critics complimented the performances of Affleck Hedges and Williams as well as Lonergan s screenplay and direction At the 89th Academy Awards Manchester by the Sea won awards for Best Actor for Affleck and Best Original Screenplay and additional nominations for Best Picture Best Director Best Supporting Actor Hedges and Best Supporting Actress Williams Affleck also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Motion Picture Drama the film was also nominated in four other categories The British Academy Film Awards nominated the picture for six awards of which it won Best Actor in a Leading Role for Affleck and Best Original Screenplay Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Themes 4 Production 5 Music 5 1 Soundtrack 6 Release 6 1 Home media 7 Reception 7 1 Box office 7 2 Critical response 7 3 Accolades 8 Notes 9 References 10 External linksPlot EditLee Chandler is a depressed and asocial janitor who lives alone in a basement apartment in Quincy Massachusetts One day he receives a phone call informing him that his brother Joe a fisherman who lives in Manchester by the Sea has suffered cardiac arrest Joe dies before Lee can make it to the hospital Lee insists on being the one to tell Joe s teenage son Patrick about his father s death While making funeral arrangements they are reminded Joe s body cannot be buried until spring as the ground is frozen Lee makes plans to remain in Manchester living in Joe s house until the delayed burial When Lee meets with Joe s attorney he is shocked to discover Joe named him as Patrick s legal guardian Flashbacks reveal that Lee once lived in Manchester with his then wife Randi and their three small children One night after hosting a raucous party an intoxicated Lee forgot to put the screen in front of the fireplace leading to a house fire that killed his children No criminal charges were filed against him as the police ruled it a tragic accident However at the station a guilt ridden Lee stole an officer s gun and attempted to commit suicide before being subdued He and Randi subsequently divorced and Lee left town He is reluctant to commit to the guardianship as it would require him to move back to Manchester Plans are begun for Patrick to move to Boston with Lee but Patrick has strong ties to the Manchester community and stubbornly objects Lee commits to staying until the end of the school year Patrick wants to live with his estranged mother Elise who still lives in the area Lee is opposed to this as her history with alcoholism led her to abandon her family but Patrick decides to reconnect with her over lunch Elise has committed to Christianity and sobriety with her fiance Jeffrey but during an awkward meal with them Patrick finds he is unable to connect with her He is further unsettled when Jeffrey emails him and insists on being an intermediary in any future communication between them Lee s positive comments about Elise s sobriety lead Patrick to believe his uncle is trying to get rid of him assertions Lee denies In response to this strain in their relationship Lee takes steps to possibly extend his stay in Manchester and seeks to spend more time with Patrick Over time they re establish their bond despite conflicts over Joe s boat Patrick s girlfriends and their future living arrangements However staying in Manchester is still painful for Lee as he is surrounded by reminders of his past One day Lee runs into Randi with her newborn child A sobbing Randi expresses remorse for her treatment of him during their divorce and asks him to have lunch Lee deflects her apology feeling that he does not deserve it When she insists they reconnect and pleads with him not to just die Lee is overwhelmed with emotion and has to leave before he breaks down Distraught Lee gets drunk at a bar picks a fight with strangers and is knocked out He awakens in the living room of Joe s friend George and breaks down in tears At home Patrick shows his uncle deference after seeing his battered state and pictures of his deceased children Lee arranges for George and his wife to adopt Patrick so that he can remain in Manchester while Lee takes a job in Boston When Patrick asks Lee why he cannot remain in Manchester Lee says that he can t beat it During a walk after Joe s burial service Lee tells Patrick he is searching for a residence in Boston with an extra room so Patrick can visit whenever he wants In the final scene Lee and Patrick go fishing on Joe s refurbished boat which Patrick has inherited Cast EditCasey Affleck as Lee Chandler a grief stricken loner Lucas Hedges as Patrick Chandler Lee s 16 year old nephew and charge Ivy O Brien as young Patrick note 1 Michelle Williams as Randi Lee s ex wife Kyle Chandler as Joseph Joe Chandler Lee s brother and Patrick s father C J Wilson as George the Chandlers family friend Tate Donovan as Patrick s hockey coach Kara Hayward as Silvie McGann one of Patrick s girlfriends Anna Baryshnikov as Sandy one of Patrick s girlfriends Heather Burns as Jill Sandy s mother Gretchen Mol as Elise Chandler Joe s ex wife and Patrick s mother Matthew Broderick as Jeffrey Elise s fiance Josh Hamilton as Wes Joe s lawyer Kenneth Lonergan in a cameo as a Manchester pedestrian Stephen Henderson as Mr Emery Lee s boss Erica McDermott as Sue the boat yard bossThemes EditManchester by the Sea is a treatment of profound grief from which it is difficult or impossible to recover In an essay in Cineaste Colin Fleming writes that the question Lonergan invites us to ask ourselves is how on earth would we be able to carry on after an event so tragically full of loss and guilt 3 Speaking to the persistence of grief Film Comment magazine says that Lonergan is telling us that Lee s grief cannot be contained or subdued because his past lives on wherever he goes 4 Remarking on the way flash backs appear suddenly during the movie critic Anthony Lane says that Lonergan proceeds on the assumption that things are hard some irreparably so and that it s the job of a film not to smooth them over 5 He also noted the tragedy is juxtaposed with the harsh comedy that colors much of the dialogue and the near farcical frequency with which things go wrong 6 Along those same lines critic Steven Mears called the film a study of grief and reticence that finds droll humor in those very sources 7 and Richard Alleva says the loving but tense relationship between Lee and Patrick keeps the story nicely balanced between rough hewn comedy and delicate pathos 8 Explaining his objective Lonergan said I don t like the fact that nowadays it feels like it s not permissible to leave something unresolved Some people live with their trauma for years I m not interested in rubbing people s faces in suffering But I don t like this lie that everybody gets over things that easily Some people can t get over something major that s happened to them at all why can t they have a movie too 9 The film s events take place through the cultural filter of a blue collar New England community John Krasinski and Matt Damon initially approached Lonergan about developing the story in New England 10 As Lonergan researched the areas surrounding Manchester by the Sea he sought to include details specific to the area such as its distance from Quincy the delayed burial because of the frozen ground in a historical cemetery and the realities of fishing life 10 Critic Sam Lansky said the lead character s New England roots make him disinclined to emote 11 and Tom Shone said Lonergan s dialog forces the story s heartbreak to peep from behind these tough flinty New England exteriors 12 Production EditMatt Damon and John Krasinski brainstormed a film about an emotionally crippled handyman and took the idea to Lonergan for his input thinking Krasinski would star and Damon would direct 9 Damon had worked with Lonergan on the 2011 film Margaret 13 Both actors became occupied with other projects while Lonergan worked on the screenplay for three years 9 After Damon read a rough draft of the script he insisted Lonergan should direct the project and that Damon would star in it 9 14 They announced they would collaborate on the project on September 6 2014 and pre production began two days later 13 However Damon would not have a break in his schedule for another year 9 In early December 2014 while filming The Finest Hours Casey Affleck told The Boston Globe he would replace Damon in the lead role 15 Damon said he wouldn t give this role up to anybody but Casey Affleck 9 Affleck officially replaced Damon on January 5 2015 16 On January 9 Michelle Williams was selected to play the lead character s former wife 17 and Kyle Chandler was cast as Affleck s character s older brother on February 24 18 In April 2015 Lucas Hedges joined the cast of the film 19 Lonergan has said Hedges audition was special but that he was unsure how the young actor would perform because his background is so different from that of the character Ultimately he did a beautiful job 10 It was later revealed Erica McDermott had also been cast 20 Coming from a theater background Lonergan had the actors rehearse table read style for two weeks before filming 21 Principal photography began on March 23 2015 with scenes filmed in the town Manchester by the Sea Massachusetts 22 and the North Shore at locations in Beverly Essex Gloucester Swampscott Lynn Middleton Tewksbury and Salem 23 24 Filming wrapped on April 30 2015 25 In October 2018 Damon said in an interview with The Bill Simmons Podcast Lonergan had originally planned to film a different ending to the film that would have been a retreating drone shot of a flashback of Affleck s and Williams characters their children and extended family on his brother s boat The scene was determined to be too expensive to film although Damon said the film s unexpected financial success meant it could have been filmed after all 26 Initially Gigi Pritzker was due to produce and finance the film through her company Odd Lot Entertainment 13 In March 2015 however it was reported Kimberly Steward through her company K Period Media would produce and finance the film with Damon through his company Pearl Street Films Chris Moore through CMP Kevin J Walsh through his company B Story and Lauren Beck along with additional financing from Sierra Affinity The executive producers were Josh Godfrey John Krasinski Declan Baldwin and Bill Migliore 27 Music EditLesley Barber was selected to score the film as she had previously worked on Lonergan s 2000 film You Can Count on Me 28 She developed the first musical themes after reading the script 29 Once she established the themes Barber worked with the orchestra to create a sound that emoted the sound of the ocean with underlying tension with lightness for exterior scenes 28 Early in the scoring process Barber took inspiration from New England church music from the 1700s including Calvinist hymns and other music of the Pilgrims and Colonial era with its emphasis on a cappella vocals 30 Barber developed the music to complement her understanding of the essence of the film s scenes based on emails and conversations with Lonergan 28 To score scenes that reflect Lee s interior landscape she sent the music to her daughter Jacoba Barber Rozema an opera major 29 then recorded her singing in her dorm room via Skype 29 30 Barber said the confined space made for a perfect sound 30 Orchestration was later added to the track 29 For the opening flashback of Lee in happier times Barber recorded her daughter s vocals in a large spacious auditorium 28 Instead of giving Lonergan demos Barber provided him with more finished pieces earlier in the editing process to allow the director to have a better sense of the music while editing 28 The film was cut down after the Sundance screening requiring Barber to rework and simplify some of the music 28 Critic Steven Mears says the film s score gives form to the feelings of blue collar Americans 7 Bobby Finger writing for Jezebel called it an elegant white noise a hypnotic soundtrack to focused thought 31 Caitlin Warren of Spindle Magazine said the score adds perfectly to the raw emotion of the film without ever overwhelming it to the point of feeling contrived or cheesy 32 Film score critic Jonathan Broxton said the music dwells in the bitterness of regret and that it has a captivating dream like quality that is dramatically appropriate for the film it accompanies 33 The use of Adagio in G minor to accompany the revelation of Lee s tragedy received mixed reviews The New Yorker said Any piece of music that has been used for Rollerball Gallipoli and Flashdance has by definition been squeezed dry 5 Mark Kermode of the BBC said the piece has been overused so much in popular entertainment that when it turns up it s distracting 34 According to Koresky in the montage Lonergan thickly lays on the Handel Bach and Albinoni making this sequence almost surreally operatic in its horror 4 In an interview Lonergan said he originally used the piece as a stand in track while editing and decided to keep it in 34 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ruled the film s score ineligible for Oscar consideration due to the volume of music from classical composers in the soundtrack In a statement Barber released to Variety she said While I accept the Academy s decision I also support my director s decision to use these pieces and I m also very proud of the substantial contribution that the original score made to the film as well 30 Soundtrack Edit All music was written by Lesley Barber unless otherwise noted The orchestra was conducted by James Shearman Jacoba Barber Rozema Barber s daughter provided additional vocals The album was recorded and mixed by XXX and edited by Mick Gormley The album was produced by Barber and Stefan Karrer 33 No TitleWriter s PerformerLength1 Manchester by the Sea Chorale Jacoba Barber Rozema2 202 Manchester Minimalist Piano and Strings 2 193 Plymouth Chorale Barber Rozema Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra 35 1 254 Pifa Pastoral Symphony from Messiah Georg Friedrich HandelMusica Sacra Orchestra3 005 Smoke 1 536 Floating 149 A Cappella Barber Rozema1 537 Floating 149 Strings Reprise 2 208 Sonata for Oboe amp Piano 1st Movement HandelGerhard Kanzian and Ed Lewis2 259 Manchester Minimalist Piano and Strings Strings Reprise 1 0410 He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd Come Unto Him from Messiah HandelMusica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra5 1111 Manchester Minimalist Piano and Strings Variation 2 1912 Adagio per Archi E Organo in Sol Minore Tomaso Albinoni and Remo GiazottoThe London Philharmonic Orchestra8 3413 Smoke Reprise with Bass and Strings 1 3714 I m Beginning to See the Light Duke Ellington Don George Johnny Hodges and Harry JamesElla Fitzgerald and The Ink Spots2 4415 Cherubin Jules MassenetMunich Radio Orchestra with the choir of the Bavarian State Opera3 0116 Manchester by the Sea Strings Reprise 2 19Total length 44 07Release EditManchester by the Sea had its world premiere on January 23 2016 at the Sundance Film Festival 36 Shortly afterward Amazon Studios acquired U S distribution rights to the film for 10 million beating Sony Pictures Classics Universal Pictures Lionsgate and Fox Searchlight 37 38 This was the second largest disclosed purchase at the Sundance Film Festival after The Birth of a Nation at 17 5 million 39 Roadside Attractions of which Lionsgate owns 45 later became co distributor of the film with Amazon 40 The film was screened at the Telluride Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival both of which took place in September 2016 41 42 43 The 2016 New York Film Festival which ran from September 30 to October 16 included Manchester by the Sea in its main slate and invited Longergan to participate in audience question and answer sessions after the October 2 and 11 screenings of the film 44 45 It was also shown at the BFI London Film Festival on October 8 2016 46 The film was theatrically released on November 18 2016 47 Home media Edit Manchester by the Sea was made available to stream on Amazon and for digital download in the U S on February 7 2017 48 and on Amazon Prime on May 5 of that year 49 It was released on DVD and Blu ray on February 21 2017 50 In the UK the film became available for digital download on May 8 2017 and on Blu ray DVD and On Demand on May 15 the same year 51 Reception EditBox office Edit Manchester by the Sea grossed 47 7 million in the United States and Canada and 31 3 million in other territories grossing 79 million worldwide against a production budget of 9 million 2 The film began a limited theatrical release on November 18 2016 and grossed 256 498 from four theaters that weekend making for a per theater average of 64 125 It began a U S wide release on December 16 2016 opening against Rogue One and Collateral Beauty grossing 4 2 million and finishing sixth in terms of revenue at the box office 52 Critical response Edit Manchester by the Sea received critical acclaim and praise for Lonergan s screenplay and direction and the performances of Affleck Hedges and Williams After an early screening at the Sundance Film Festival Rolling Stone called it the must see film of 2016 9 As more critic reviews were published Rotten Tomatoes assigned the film an approval rating of 96 based on 357 reviews with an average rating of 8 80 10 According to the website s critical consensus Manchester by the Sea delivers affecting drama populated by full bodied characters marking another strong step forward for writer director Kenneth Lonergan 53 On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 96 out of 100 based on 53 critics the third highest of the year indicating universal acclaim 54 According to Metacritic data critics counted the film among the best films of 2016 55 The performances of left to right Casey Affleck Lucas Hedges and Michelle Williams garnered critical acclaim and were nominated for Academy Awards with Affleck winning Giving the film five stars out of five Phil de Semlyen of Empire called the film masterfully told and beautifully acted and favorably compared Affleck s performance to that of Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront and saying there s not much higher praise than that 56 Variety s Justin Chang said the film is a beautifully textured richly enveloping drama and while he noted that the film may be too sprawling a vision for all arthouse tastes he asserted that Lonergan s many champions are scarcely the only viewers who will be stirred by this superbly grounded and acted third effort 57 Critic Peter Travers said the movie ranks with the year s very best films and that it takes a piece out of you 58 RogerEbert com s Matt Zoller Seitz gave the film four stars out of four stating it is the kind of movie you ll want to see a second time with someone who hasn t seen it yet to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time 59 Anthony Lane of The New Yorker called the film carefully constructed compellingly acted and often hard to watch 6 Entertainment Weekly s Leah Greenblatt said the exquisitely crafted emotionally ragged Manchester doesn t just ask for time and effort it earns it 60 In a mixed review Lanre Bakare of The Guardian gave the film three stars out of five saying the impact of this impressive drama is suffocated by the silence and suffering of its central character 61 The film was included on many end of year lists including those of the American Film Institute 62 Rolling Stone 63 BBC 64 The New York Times 65 Los Angeles Times 66 and The Washington Post 67 The scene that drew the most critical praise depicts the characters Randi and Lee speaking again years after their divorce Anthony Lane called it the highlight of the movie 5 Tom Shone said of Williams performance if this actress were put on earth to do one thing only it would be this scene 12 According to Chang Williams has one astonishing scene that rises from the movie like a small aria of heartbreak 57 Zoller called the scene a duet of mortification and mercy that stacks up with the best of Mike Leigh Secrets and Lies 59 Affleck said he strove to show restraint while acting the scene adding The challenge was to have all of those feelings and hold it without weeping and wailing and gnashing your teeth To be there and not be there 11 In 2018 IndieWire writers ranked the script the fifth best American screenplay of the 21st century with Michael Nordine arguing that Lonergan s screenplay balances almost every heartbreaking scene with a moment of levity this proves crucial as the movie might otherwise have simply been too sad for most people to get through 68 Accolades Edit Main article List of accolades received by Manchester by the Sea film Manchester by the Sea received six nominations at the 89th Academy Awards Best Picture Best Director Best Actor Affleck Best Supporting Actor Hedges Best Supporting Actress Williams and Best Original Screenplay 69 winning two for Best Original Screenplay for Lonergan and Best Actor for Affleck It was the first film released by a digital streaming service to be nominated for Best Picture 70 Affleck won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Motion Picture Drama and the film was nominated for four additional awards at the 74th ceremony Best Picture Best Director Best Supporting Actress for Williams and Best Screenplay 71 The film received six nominations at the 70th British Academy Film Awards Best Film Best Direction Best Editing Best Actor in a Leading Role Affleck Best Actress in a Supporting Role Williams and Best Original Screenplay Lonergan 72 Affleck won Best Actor in a Leading Role and Lonergan won Best Original Screenplay 73 The National Board of Review listed Manchester by the Sea as its top film of 2016 74 Notes Edit Credited at Ben O BrienReferences Edit Manchester by the Sea 15 British Board of Film Classification November 2 2016 Archived from the original on November 4 2016 Retrieved November 2 2016 a b c Manchester by the Sea 2016 Box Office Mojo Archived from the original on July 21 2018 Retrieved July 22 2018 Fleming Colin Spring 2017 Manchester by the Sea Cineaste 42 2 51 53 a b Koresky Michael November December 2016 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