A recent status update from a Facebook friend neatly summed up my feelings about the latest from director Kenneth Lonergan: “As a depressed person from New England I feel like I don’t need to see Manchester By The Sea.” He… has a point, but if the showtimes work out right I might plan a Manchester/Fences double feature for Christmas night. Then I’ll finally have some opinions about the Oscar for Best Actor, which will probably either go to Casey Affleck as Manchester‘s sad guardian, or Denzel Washington for his role in Fences.
This week Manchester By The Sea is playing at seven locations in the area, but so far the Jane Pickens is the only one to have announced that it will extend the run for a second week.