Brilliantly written by Lonergan. Judicious use of flashbacks. The key sequence is amazing - the solicitor's office, where he learns he has to be the guardian of his nephew, cross cut against the awful accidental death of his children, all to the Albinoni - great editing here too by Jennifer Lame (she won the Oscar for Oppenheimer; also Baumbach films).
Why he doesn't want to go back there. The arseholes in the bar. The kids in the hockey team who know the truth. The way Lucas Hedges' mother has turned out - really weird. The shock when he's not being prosecuted. The blossoms you start seeing near the end. The photos we never see. Good subtle nuanced stuff.
Scene where Casey Affleck bumps into ex-wife Michelle Williams will have you in bits. Well, it did me, anyway. Good film. Photographed by (male) Jody Lee Lipes.
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