Heartbroken in New England

It was finally a good day for me today to go to the Laemmle Theater for "Manchester By The Sea".  Not that I needed sadness: I've been catching up on a bunch of DVR stuff while I've been blogging this weekend, and tears happened already.  But it's Oscar season, and I don't have a lot of free days before Sunday, so here we go!

• "I'm looking forward to being bored to death."
• "I think I'm in love with my janitor."
• Loved the building relationship between Patrick and Lee.
• "You can't make adult small talk?  'Hey, how about those interest rates?'  'Hey, I lost my Triple A card.'"
• "Uncle Lee, are you fundamentally unsound?!"
• Wonderful job by Lucas Hedges as Patrick.
• How did that woman spill her beer on him and then she still had a full glass to drink afterward?
• "We are Stentorian."  Dang, those songs were NOT good.
• Casey Affleck did a tremendous job with his role, and his accolades are well-deserved.  I did smile a little bit at first, though, because I thought of something Jason Alexander said about the difference between dramatic and comedic acting (to be written in another post).
• I'm trying to think of a film wherein Michelle Williams did not make me cry.  She had me weeping again here.
• Matthew Broderick's character creeped me out.
• "He's so... Christian." "You know we're Christian too, right?"
• Gorgeous cinematography of the New England land- and seascapes.
• "I can't beat it."

I enjoyed this movie because even with the subject matter, it still had several bits of humor.  I admired all of the performances, too.  I look forward to seeing it again someday.