Manchester By the Sea

Movie • 2016 • Drama  

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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.
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Does the dog die?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is an animal sad?
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Is there body horror?
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Are there nude scenes?
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Is there a large age gap?
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Is someone stalked?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
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Lee mentions using cocaine, though it is not shown.
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An alcoholic mother is found by her husband and son passed out naked in the living room. Lee abuses alcohol while partying.
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
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Are animals abused?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is there pedophilia?
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Bodily Harm
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main character punches a window and cuts his hand
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Patrick is having a panic attack and struggle to breath
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Is there cannibalism?
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Three children in a house fire. The bodies are not shown but it's still a very disturbing scene.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there a hanging?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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3 children are burned to death in a fire, including a baby
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Disability
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TautologiaLgica
2 scenes with it
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
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A man has a nightmare where he is confronted by his dead children. It is not immediately apparent that he is dreaming.
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Kaleigh
A scene occurs between two fully-dressed people in a bathroom, discussing the shower. The shower is not turned on.
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Gross
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Medical
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Kaleigh
Both a standard hospital environment and a morgue.
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Mental Health
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Lee vents his grief and anger by getting beat up in bar fights and, in one scene, punching through a window that leaves him with gashes on his hand.
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Kaleigh
A teenager suffers a panic attack in the scene starting with frozen chicken falling out of a freezer.
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A character grabs a gun from a cop and holds it against their own head.
A character says she could do it because she doesn't want to deal with a bat mitzvah
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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A character is seen attempting suicide but is unsuccessful.
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Does a baby cry?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Pregnancy
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there's a baby but he passes away
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
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Use of the r-slur
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Kaleigh
Brief usage of the r-slur in a joking context.
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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Kaleigh
Mostly kissing and fondling under clothes. Characters have sex off screen.
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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SimonBoccanegra
Depends on your perspective. Signs of progress for the main character. Last scene affirms his enduring bond with his nephew. But not "all better." He has lost things that can never be restored.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Kaleigh
Lee smashes a window and cuts his hand. His bloody hand is visible briefly.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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A character grabs a gun from a cop
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