[Bjeanj]

Watched this movie last night using Amazon Prime.

My husband and I rate movies using a 1-5 scale, 1 being terrible. I rated it a 2, and he rated it a 3. If not for the depressing topic and language, I probably would have rated it a 5.

It stars Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams and Kyle Chandler. A description of the movie can be found here:
Manchester by the Sea (2016) - IMDb, but doesn't nearly describe how dark and depressing it is.

The movie starts out slowly and makes you wonder where it is going. Until the phone call. Background is shown in flashbacks.

The acting is wonderful, and dropping the F bomb is routine. Made me want to start on antidepressants.

[John_W]

Manchester by the Sea I rated in February so I don't have a vivid memory, only that I thought it was very good. I started rating movies on IMDB.com (Internet Movie Data Base) in 2004 and I've got 2,669 movies and TV shows rated. On IMDB you rate 1 thru 10 and I gave MBTS an 8. I thought the acting was excellent, especially by Michelle Williams. The story was very slow in developing, but it held my interest.

The slowness reminded me of another Casey Affleck film, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, yes that's the real title if you haven't see it. Brad Pitt played Jesse, I gave that film a 10. Back to MBTS, I use Internet Movie Data Base as a measuring stick on whether to see a film at the theater or wait for TV. Normally a 7 or above is worth going to the theater. MBTS has a 7.9 rating from 149,185 voters on IMDB, so my 8 was right on with most voters.

I remember recently several posters on TOTV criticizing Amy Schumer's Film "Snatched", one quick look at IMDB and the rating of 3.8 from 12,000 voters would tell you to stay home and save your money.

On films now playing locally, IMDB has Dunkirk as a sure bet with an 8.6 rating from 116,000 voters, Baby Driver 8.2, War for the Planet of the Apes 8.0, Atomic Blonde 7.2 and Valerian 6.8 (what's odd is that film "Valerian" they have playing at 2 squares and Dunkirk only at LSL) Dunkirk has taken in $102 million to Valerian $30 million. Someone in The Villages theater group has dropped the ball.

[Mudder]

I wanted to see it as we're from that area, figured the scenery would be familiar. It was, but I couldn't really figure out how I felt about the movie. Serious topic, well acted, but depressing also. Hung in there til the end but now honestly can't really remember much detail about it, only saw it about a month ago.

[Bjeanj]

Originally Posted by John_W

Manchester by the Sea I rated in February so I don't have a vivid memory, only that I thought it was very good.

Sorry, I searched, but didn't see any reviews on this movie. Otherwise, I would have continued your thread, rather than starting a new one.

[John_W]

Originally Posted by Bjeanj

Sorry, I searched, but didn't see any reviews on this movie. Otherwise, I would have continued your thread, rather than starting a new one.

I searched, I didn't see a thread either, I just commented on yours. I meant that I voted in February, that was on IMDB and my memory was a little fuzzy since it had been awhile. I went back to that website to see how I had voted. It stores all the votes you ever make.

Originally Posted by Mudder

...Hung in there til the end but now honestly can't really remember much detail about it, only saw it about a month ago.

One couple remembered some of the details. In the latest issue of 'People' Magazine they have a story about a NY couple who had adopted a son in 2011 who was autistic and of recent, in their words has become unbearable to manage. Anyway, they have proof the couple saw MBTS and the part about Casey and Michelle's marriage falling apart because Casey had started a fire in the fireplace and then went outside for something and the house burned down killing their child.

In this case the woman went to a store, not the closest, to buy something late at night while her husband started a fire and left the stove door open and then took the dog for a while, and the house burned down and killed their autistic son. The police arrested the couple.

[vinsonowen]

My brother highly recommend this movie, so I watched it last month. Well, I'm still mad at my brother

We used to live in the next town over, and I love to see movies set in Mass and hear that supah accent But Bjeanj is right about how very depressing it was. I couldn't shake the memory of it for days.

The acting was wonderful, though, and the characters reminded me of a hundred friends and relatives - including the never-ending F-bombs!