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By Carlos Boyero (70) for El Pais (Spain) (511) on 03 Feb 2017

A self-indulgent and irritating film of someone bent on telling a tragedy in a different way, stripping it of melodramatic resources…

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By Luis Martínez (274) for El Mundo (Spain) (301) on 02 Feb 2017

Let's call this a strange artifact, much deeper, lucid and relevant than a simple drama. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Cj Johnson (473) for ABC Radio (Australia) (677) on 02 Feb 2017

What you may not have heard is that, for the vast majority of its running time, it is very, very funny ... A great film…

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By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 01 Feb 2017

This superbly written and acted American drama extracts so many perfect moments from one man's imperfect mourning process that it simply must…

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By Conor Bateman (24) for 4:3 (202) on 01 Feb 2017

Manchester by the Sea isn't concerned with finality or even redemption, rather the mess of life, unmoored from the belief that everything will…

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By Carlos Marañón (57) for Cinemanía (Spain) (558) on 01 Feb 2017

A solid drama with tints of posthumor that consolidates Casey Affleck as a great actor and not just as 'Ben's brother'. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Adelaide Review (243) on 01 Feb 2017

While terribly, even hauntingly painful at times, Manchester by the Sea is also generously funny, which is rather odd given that it's a film…

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By Dave Crewe (11) for Junkee (216) on 01 Feb 2017

In Manchester by the Sea, writer-director Kenneth Lonergan studies this brand of maleness -- defined by emotional reluctance and reticence…

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By Craig Mathieson (459) for The Sunday Age (488) on 31 Jan 2017

A powerful and sometimes unexpectedly humorous drama about a man who refuses to acknowledge his past even as the present insists on it…

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By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 31 Jan 2017

Manchester by the Sea may be a potent examination of grief, family and self-imposed solitude, but it's also oddly life-affirming and uplifting…

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By Blake Howard (505) for Graffiti With Punctuation (173) on 30 Jan 2017

Casey Affleck's performance in Manchester By The Sea is one of the most effectively crafted portrayals of the crippling weight of grief in…

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By Simon Miraudo (882) for Student Edge (256) on 29 Jan 2017

Emotionally gruelling-yet somehow still funny-Manchester by the Sea magnificently covers the wide expanse of human experience…

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By David Stratton (799) for The Australian (781) on 27 Jan 2017

Not a moment in the film is wasted; though on the long side, this is from start to finish a rewarding and strangely beautiful drama with a…

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By Edward Lawrenson (138) for The Big Issue (129) on 27 Jan 2017

There is mordant humour here, rippled with moments of extraordinary tenderness, but at heart this is a grave, unconsoling and profoundly sad film…

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By Jim Schembri (1,298) for 3AW (1,025) on 27 Jan 2017

There is an in-built drabness to the drama of Manchester by the Sea that, while never exactly boring, takes far too long to get to its sobering…

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By Roe Mcdermott (197) for Hot Press (197) on 26 Jan 2017

Kenneth Lonergan is a master of writing real people, resplendent in their absurdity, staggering in their endurance of grief…

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By Matt Glasby (349) for Flicks.co.nz (982) on 26 Jan 2017

What emerges is as subtle as it is shattering: ordinary, unshowy and, underneath, red raw with real feelings…

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By Jorge Iván Morales (20) for Cine Premiere (538) on 24 Jan 2017

Manchester by the Sea is a film about loss and guilt, from a natural and even fun perspective where Casey Affleck gives his best performance…

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By Nick Pinkerton (448) for Sight and Sound (827) on 20 Jan 2017

With an outstandingly icy Casey Affleck as a mournful loner drawn back into his old fold, Kenneth Lonergan's New England community study is…

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By Ellen Murray (27) for Film Ireland Magazine (354) on 19 Jan 2017

A quiet, thoughtful film meditating on the question of loss and those death leaves behind, director Kenneth Lonergan delivers a deeply humane…

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