You Can Count on Me
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Lonergan’s earlier drama shares the unvarnished working-class texture, jagged family bonds, and compassionate attention to people failing each other without losing their love.
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Why this pick
Lonergan’s earlier drama shares the unvarnished working-class texture, jagged family bonds, and compassionate attention to people failing each other without losing their love.
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A restrained, wintry portrait of a small community living with irreversible loss, told with the same patience for grief’s fractured aftermath.
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Its spare Pacific Northwest realism and deeply felt isolation echo Manchester by the Sea’s quiet observation of a person enduring hardship one moment at a time.
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A precise, actor-led study of bereavement and marriage, balancing painful emotional honesty with small, awkward moments of human connection.
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This intimate family drama similarly finds its force in withheld emotion, guilt, and the difficult work of speaking after a devastating loss.
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01 / THE STORY
After his brother's death, Lee Chandler is named guardian to his 16-year-old nephew, Patrick. This forces him to return to his hometown and confront his past.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

Lee Chandler

Patrick Chandler

Joe Chandler

Randi

Elise Chandler

George

Hockey Coach

Silvie