Marriage Story

I couldn't think of a title for this review for that it is in fact a marriage story and everything it is nowadays. The only thing about this marriage is that it is ending.

Marriage Story features the woes of a real-life marriage that is falling apart and how it affects both parties as well as their child. This all-new Netflix film is the one of most depressing, well written movies I've ever seen starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver as the dysfunctional couple in their best roles to date. 

Marriage Story is about Nicole, an actress and her husband, Charlie, who is a director who have co-worked with each other for years. Nicole is tired of living in his shadow and wants to get her life back while Charlie is just feeling very flustered and shocked at everything that is being thrown at him. Like most men in this situation, Charlie feels like he has done nothing wrong and that Nicole is overreacting but she feels that she needs to grab hold of her life again as she believes that she doesn't know herself anymore and that a divorce is the best thing for the both of them. Stuck in the middle of all this is their son, Henry, whom is clueless of what's happening and is only just learning to read. There's nothing more to tell about the story for that it is about. The rest of the movie includes a lot crying, bantering and more crying and more bantering. Although, the crying and bantering hits a chord or two whilst watching.

There were a few things that caught me in this film. One of them was the dialogue. The interactions between each and every character is long and absolutely relatable. There are scenes where the actors are doing an entire scene in one take and I found that amazing. There are two highlight scenes for me; one of them is the ultimate fight scene between Nicole and Charlie where they finally hash it all out, every doubt, every feeling and everything they have both been withholding about each other. The other one is a conversation between Nicole and her lawyer Nora played by Laura Dern about how mothers and fathers are always expected to be portrayed by others. 

Another thing that caught my eye in this film is the music. The theme for the score is initially featured alot of sadness and nostalgia type tones. The score seemed a little familiar to me when watching. The score was composed by Randy Newman and he featured some Toy Story melancholies that will definitely strum through heartstrings.

Marriage Story is a definite type of movie you can watch at a holiday time like this when you're feeling lonely and weepy under your covers. Unlike all of those terrible Christmas movies they play on Lifetime and Hallmark, you can watch this instead for that it has better acting and you will not feel like you wasted 2 hours watching another Christmas movie. 

I'll be rating Marriage Story a 9/10 for that it was great but long movie that should be watched at night when you're feeling crappy about yourself. Discretion to all lonely hearts out there, if this movie depresses you way more than it should, maybe you should watch something a little more positive but don't miss this all new Netflix drama for that its worth the consumption of 2 hours and 16 minutes of your life.