Manchester by the Sea (2016)

Most people think so. 75% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics rated it higher at 96%, but audiences were less impressed.

After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised. Wikipedia ↗

Manchester by the Sea is a 2016 American drama written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan. Casey Affleck stars as Lee Chandler, a taciturn, emotionally shut-down janitor in Quincy, Massachusetts who is forced to return to his hometown of Manchester-by-the-Sea when his older brother Joe dies suddenly, naming Lee as guardian of his 16-year-old nephew Patrick, played by Lucas Hedges. As Lee reluctantly navigates the responsibilities of guardianship, the film gradually reveals the devastating personal tragedy — involving a house fire that killed his three children — that drove Lee to abandon his hometown and retreat into emotional paralysis.

Casey Affleck won the Academy Award for Best Actor for a performance of extraordinary restraint — Lee's grief was expressed not through dramatic outbursts but through the weight of his silence, his avoidance of eye contact, and the moments when emotion briefly cracked through his defensive numbness before being forcefully suppressed. Kenneth Lonergan won Best Original Screenplay. The film earned $79 million worldwide on a $8.5 million budget.