Michelle Williams and Casey Affleck in "Manchester by the Sea." Claire Folger ... learns only after the death of his brother Joe (Kyle Chandler) that he is the designated guardian for Joe ...

By Todd McCarthy A wrenching family tragedy is dramatized with the depth of a high-quality American stage piece in Manchester by the Sea. Kenneth ... working-class Joe played by Casey Affleck ...

Early on, he learns his older brother Joe has died. So he returns to where he lived most of his life, Manchester-by-the-Sea on Boston's north shore, to attend the funeral and console his teenage ...

Lee must return to his hometown of Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass., to take care of funeral arrangements and Joe’s 16-year-old son, Patrick (Lucas Hedges.) No melodrama, “Manchester by the Sea ...

“Manchester by the Sea” is a masterpiece in a minor key ... with a happy Lee on the water with his big brother Joe (Kyle Chandler) and Joe’s son off the shore of the town of the title ...

Watch a film clip from "Manchester By The Sea," starring Michelle Williams, Casey Affleck and Kyle Chandler. Photo: Roadside Attractions ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them’ Related ...

A good deal has changed in the intervening years, and we gradually fill in the blanks once Lee is summoned back to Manchester-by-the-Sea after the death of his brother Joe (Kyle Chandler ...

Lee returns to his hometown, the tiny Massachusetts fishing village Manchester-by-the-Sea, to be there for Joe. He struggles with the responsibility of being Joe’s guardian, and his presence in ...

“Manchester by the Sea” pulls a bait and switch. You think you’re going to be watching a sad movie about a man who loses his brother and then must learn to care for his teenage nephew, but ...

Tom Gliatto reviews the latest TV and movie releases for PEOPLE Magazine. He also writes many of the magazine's celebrity tributes. Writer-director Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea is ...

But the longer Joe remains in Manchester ... Randi also attend a memorial service with pity in her eyes. Manchester by the Sea is a small movie about emotions grander than any hundred million ...