Manchester by the Sea, the latest film from director Kenneth Lonergan, is about a place where regret — like the grey skies of Massachusetts — is a constant feature. Casey Affleck stars as a man known in his hometown as "the Lee Chandler." A portrait of pain unencumbered by redemptionEmerging from the shadow of his elder brother Ben, Casey Affleck has come into his own as an intense actor: confident in his stillness, content let his searching eyes do the work. While there is a similarity in this self-defeated slacker to some of Affleck's previous roles, Lonergan allows his star to create a portrait of pain unencumbered by the usual redemptive clichés. It's natural to expect a resolution and Manchester by the Sea teases us with possibilities.

Source: CBC News November 25, 2016 09:56 UTC