There are people who are boycotting the Oscars because they believe it has turned too much to the left and although I sympathize with their cause I’m not into boycotts unless it’s about quality. Therefore if “Manchester By The Sea” is nominated as best picture of the year I will not be watching the Oscars the next year. When “Birdman” won in 2014 I seriously considered a boycott for the following year but at least this film had a unique creative feel that gave it some redeeming quality and brought back Michael Keaton, so the pass was given. Yet “Manchester By The Sea” is a fine “B” movie but nothing in the “A” category of the other films up for best picture. The film has decent acting but a script that seriously goes no where and is dreary all the way through. There are moments where you feel a light will peak through but they are so short that clouds cover them before you know it. A boycott of quality is just what the Oscars would deserve if “Manchester by the Sea” wins best picture.
** 1/2 Manchester By The Sea- Proving that fine acting is not enough to save a dreary film going no where.