Do we choose sides when we watch “Marriage Story,” Noah Baumbach’s brilliant and wrenching drama of divorce? The question, on the face of it, sounds facile in a dozen ways the movie isn’t. Rarely are there winners in divorce, and there are two sides to every breakup. “Marriage Story” is a movie that reflects that reality. It’s a dazzlingly layered and empathetic tale that delves deep into the lives of both Charlie (Adam Driver) and Nicole (Scarlett Johansson), a couple who are splitting up despite the fact that they’ve never stopped loving each other. They each have their reasons, their desires and arguments and defenses. It might seem to violate the essence of a movie like this one to declare that either one of them is “right.”
Yet I’d suggest it’s woven into the dramatic fabric of “Marriage Story” that as we watch this couple,...
Yet I’d suggest it’s woven into the dramatic fabric of “Marriage Story” that as we watch this couple,...
- 11/17/2019
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
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