The Marriage Story 2019

     This film is based on Noah Baurmbach’s own experiences the he divorced Jennifer Jason Leigh in 2013.  Charlie and Nicole are a married couple and they have a son Henry.  Charlie and Nicole have decided they want to end their marriage.  

     In reality, this couple wastes a lot of money during the process of the divorce.  They set out for the divorce to be in a certain way but then they don’t follow that plan.  The divorce also generates a hate that was’t there before their desire for the divorce.  Basically, this was supposed to be a simple divorce and it turns into the opposite.  In reality, there is blame on both sides and they realized that in the beginning but the process has moved them into different corners where it is the other person’s fault?  The one person that this divorce hurts the most his their son Henry.   He doesn’t have a say in any part of this big event that is happening?  There are good reviews and awards for this film but I have to say that I didn’t like it at all.  The only winners are the divorce attorneys when they haul away their bags of money!!  1* (I hated this movie)

Note:  Rotten Tomatoes 94% with 380 critics 85% with 184 ratings, Imdb 8* out of 10* with 232,812 reviews, Metacritic 94 out of 100 with 53 critics (53 positive) 8.2 out of 10 with 597 ratings (437 positive, 31 mixed, 39 negative), Roger Ebert 4* Brian Tallerico, The Guardian Peter Bradshaw 5*, Amazon 4.8* out of 58 with 138 reviews.

137 min, Drama directed and written by Noah Baumbach with Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern, Alan Alda, Ray Liotta, Julia Greer, Azhy Robertson, Wallace Shawn, Matthew Maher, Eric Berryman, Mickey Sumner, David Turner, Gideon Glick, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Motell Gyn Foster, Raymond J. Lee.

Special Note:  There is a mistake in the courtroom scene.  It is in a California state court but the wall behind the judge bears the Great Seal of the United States.  This seal would be found in a federal court?  Laura Deren’s character as the attorney for Nicole is loosely based on Los Angeles celebrity attorney Laura Wasser.