A film not to be missed for Casey Affleck’s brilliant performance. The film is about an uncle who after the sudden demise of his brother, needs to take care of his nephew. If narrated in a linear manner, the film would have been normal and perhaps boring. It is the flashback and flash-forward storytelling that keeps you engaged. Still at a run time of 137min, the film is long and you wait for the film to end. I personally did not like the ending and I thought it could have been better. The superior performance from the lead stars and the direction makes it worthy of the 6 Oscar nominations.
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