The Sundance Hit MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Gets Its First Trailer

Kenneth Lonergan's previous film, Margaret, was shot between 2004 and 2006 and got caught up in so many legal battles that it wasn't released in theaters until 2011, and even then it was dumped for only a one week limited run. I'm guessing most people haven't even heard of it. (You can read my review here.) But it looks like his newest movie, Manchester by the Sea, is going to be seen by a much larger audience.

The film received rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival this year (including Emily's for GeekTyrant), and the film's first trailer has just hit to give the rest of us a sense of what all of the hype was about. This looks like a showcase for a bunch of terrific performances, and I can't wait to check it out for myself when the movie hits theaters on November 18, 2016.

After the death of his older brother Joe (Kyle Chandler), Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck) is shocked to learn that Joe has made him sole guardian of his nephew Patrick (Lucas Hedges). Taking leave of his job, Lee reluctantly returns to Manchester-by-the-Sea to care for Patrick, a spirited 15-year-old, and is forced to deal with a past that separated him from his wife Randi (Michelle Williams) and the community where he was born and raised.   Bonded by the man who held their family together, Lee and Patrick struggle to adjust to a world without him. In his first film since 2011’s acclaimed Margaret, Lonergan once again proves himself a powerful and visionary storyteller as he seamlessly weaves past and present together, crafting a tension-filled tale that deftly eschews sentimentality in favor of penetrating emotional insight and deeply affecting human relationships.

In Manchester by the Sea, the latest film from award-winning writer and director Kenneth Lonergan, the life of a solitary Boston janitor is transformed when he returns to his hometown to take care of his teenage nephew.

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