text: "...anything smacking of Catholicism that isn't entirely derisive will probably be snubbed...."
  
  Not necessarily! MANCHESTER BY THE SEA, for example, depicts "impaired" or conflicted Catholics, with the main character, played by Casey Affleck, reminding his teen age nephew that "we Catholics are also Christian"; but, by the end of the film, most viewers recognize the main characters as neighbors, people whom we know, allowing us "an opportunity to learn and heal through someone else's personal pain and suffering," to quote reviewer Nate Zoebl. Indeed, redemptive grace is everywhere by the end of the film, engulfing both grief and humor.