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Aug 28, 2017MICHAEL TAGGART MALONEY rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A very timely movie given the election of Trump since it is all about white male working-class alienation. If there was a card-carrying Tea Party member, Casey Affleck's character would be it. A grieving New England handyman who fills his spare time watching the Bruins and the Celtics on TV and occasionally picking a fight with a gay couple at a bar, he floats through his days on a cloud of silent misery and regret. There's a Tolystoyan quality to MANCHESTER BY THE SEA that leaves the audience feeling some respect for the down-and-out white guy. Let's hope our cultural reality mirrors the maturity of the movie.