This movie is okay. The film got a lot more depressing than I wanted it to be. I'm glad everything worked out for Charlie and Nicole in the end so that they can stay in their son's life.
The film dives deep into the ugly process of divorce where what we want and what we agreed are two very different things, and both Charlie and Nicole struggle with that. Nicole has been living in New York helping Charlie build his dream as a theater director, which she left her own film career to do so. Over time she felt used and unseen by Charlie, so she files for divorce and moves to Los Angeles with her son, Henry. Charlie, still absorbed with his career figures that the TV show Nicole was starring was temporary, and that she'll back home. He obviously isn't too happy when Nicole was serious about staying. This is where, I say, Mrs. Doubtfire should step in. I actually had that vibe going in. Both parents want to be part of Henry's life, and they are willing to fight for it, including hiring some of the craftiest lawyers LA has to offer: Ray Liotta and Laura Dern.
Towards the end of the movie, Charlie has an interview with a family evaluator so that he could gain some custody of Henry. In short, he knew it didn't go well. There was a hole in the drywall from when he punched it, and he accidentally cut himself with his pocket knife doing a trick. That was when, I think, Charlie knew he lost, so he decides to drop his claims in the divorce.
I still haven't forgiven Adam Driver for killing Han Solo, but he and Scarlett Johansson really nailed their performances in this film. There was scene at the beginning where Nicole was telling Nora, her lawyer, about her life, and it was five continuous minutes of a single shot with just walking in and out of the room and then sitting down. I felt the emotion build throughout the scene. It was just her sort of defending Charlie where she still cared about him, and then it gradually unfolds to where she admits she wants more out of life. I felt hooked in that scene.
I thought Charlie's musical number at the end was rather random and off-putting. The song fit the situation perfectly, since he was a theater person and was around theater people, but it just came out of nowhere. When Nicole sang, she was performing in front of the children. He performed in front of an audience too, but his seems more like an alone song. They shouldn't have done that is what I'm saying.
I don't have high hopes of this winning Best Picture, but if Terms of Endearment Kramer vs. Kramer can do it, so can this, I guess.
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Released On Netflix: November 6, 2019
Rating: R
Stars: Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern, Alan Alda, Ray Liotta, Julie Hagerty, Merritt Wever
Director: Noah Baumbach
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95% Certified Fresh
IMDb Score: 8.1/10
Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Academy Awards
(Click here to view more awards for "Marriage Story".)
The film dives deep into the ugly process of divorce where what we want and what we agreed are two very different things, and both Charlie and Nicole struggle with that. Nicole has been living in New York helping Charlie build his dream as a theater director, which she left her own film career to do so. Over time she felt used and unseen by Charlie, so she files for divorce and moves to Los Angeles with her son, Henry. Charlie, still absorbed with his career figures that the TV show Nicole was starring was temporary, and that she'll back home. He obviously isn't too happy when Nicole was serious about staying. This is where, I say, Mrs. Doubtfire should step in. I actually had that vibe going in. Both parents want to be part of Henry's life, and they are willing to fight for it, including hiring some of the craftiest lawyers LA has to offer: Ray Liotta and Laura Dern.
Towards the end of the movie, Charlie has an interview with a family evaluator so that he could gain some custody of Henry. In short, he knew it didn't go well. There was a hole in the drywall from when he punched it, and he accidentally cut himself with his pocket knife doing a trick. That was when, I think, Charlie knew he lost, so he decides to drop his claims in the divorce.
I still haven't forgiven Adam Driver for killing Han Solo, but he and Scarlett Johansson really nailed their performances in this film. There was scene at the beginning where Nicole was telling Nora, her lawyer, about her life, and it was five continuous minutes of a single shot with just walking in and out of the room and then sitting down. I felt the emotion build throughout the scene. It was just her sort of defending Charlie where she still cared about him, and then it gradually unfolds to where she admits she wants more out of life. I felt hooked in that scene.
I thought Charlie's musical number at the end was rather random and off-putting. The song fit the situation perfectly, since he was a theater person and was around theater people, but it just came out of nowhere. When Nicole sang, she was performing in front of the children. He performed in front of an audience too, but his seems more like an alone song. They shouldn't have done that is what I'm saying.
I don't have high hopes of this winning Best Picture, but if Terms of Endearment Kramer vs. Kramer can do it, so can this, I guess.
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Released On Netflix: November 6, 2019
Rating: R
Stars: Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern, Alan Alda, Ray Liotta, Julie Hagerty, Merritt Wever
Director: Noah Baumbach
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95% Certified Fresh
IMDb Score: 8.1/10
Awards
Golden Globe Awards
- Best Motion Picture Drama - Nominated
- Best Actor Motion Picture Drama Adam Driver - Nominated
- Best Actress Motion Picture Drama Scarlett Johansson - Nominated
- Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Laura Dern - Winner
- Best Screenplay Noah Baumbach - Nominated
- Best Original Score Randy Newman - Nominated
Academy Awards
- Best Picture - Nominated
- Best Actor Adam Driver - Nominated
- Best Actress Scarlett Johansson - Nominated
- Best Supporting Actress Laura Dern - Winner
- Best Original Screenplay Noah Baumbach - Nominated
- Best Original Score Randy Newman - Nominated
(Click here to view more awards for "Marriage Story".)
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