Marriage Story
Netflix | Release Date: November 6, 2019
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LamontRaymondNov 9, 2019
The acting is solid all around (though Scarlet J may have been a bit out of the rest of their league), but I felt like I've seen this movie before. It feels like a Los-Angeles-i-fied Kramer vs. Kramer, but without the true stakes. There are aThe acting is solid all around (though Scarlet J may have been a bit out of the rest of their league), but I felt like I've seen this movie before. It feels like a Los-Angeles-i-fied Kramer vs. Kramer, but without the true stakes. There are a couple of excellent scenes in this film, but the rest of it is only so-so.… Expand
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5
svegressNov 24, 2019
Look, the professional critics are right: beautiful script, well acted and directed. However, I'm afraid I have seen enough Woody Allen movies about the problems of LA/NY relationships to last a lifetime. Didums, address some real issuesLook, the professional critics are right: beautiful script, well acted and directed. However, I'm afraid I have seen enough Woody Allen movies about the problems of LA/NY relationships to last a lifetime. Didums, address some real issues instead of navel gazing...again… Expand
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mrc_brnDec 9, 2019
Didn't like the pace with numerous scenes protracted without adding much, if anything, to the story. Acting was really good, but I didn't care for the characters much. Felt that the husband's character was somewhat disjointed. Egocentric andDidn't like the pace with numerous scenes protracted without adding much, if anything, to the story. Acting was really good, but I didn't care for the characters much. Felt that the husband's character was somewhat disjointed. Egocentric and detached on one side, in denial and fighting for custody for some reason on the other. Overly long, sad and actually boring.… Expand
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wevertonaguiiarDec 7, 2019
Um dos principais problemas do filme está direção: os planos escolhidos não fazem sentido para as cenas e constantemente deixar a cena no rosto de um personagem se torna cansativo; este elemento só funciona quando é pontual e o elenco estáUm dos principais problemas do filme está direção: os planos escolhidos não fazem sentido para as cenas e constantemente deixar a cena no rosto de um personagem se torna cansativo; este elemento só funciona quando é pontual e o elenco está perfeito... O elenco aqui é bom, mas não o suficiente. Em alguns momentos os dialogos entre o casal parecem desconectados com a própria; parecem falas jogadas no ar e que não demonstram uma construção plausível e orgânica.… Expand
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netflicDec 3, 2019
I would rather call this move "Divorce Story": it is more about marriage falling apart that about marriage per se. I was looking forward to watching this film as both critics and audience seem to love it. Plus I like Scarlet Johansson andI would rather call this move "Divorce Story": it is more about marriage falling apart that about marriage per se. I was looking forward to watching this film as both critics and audience seem to love it. Plus I like Scarlet Johansson and Adam Driver. Maybe my expectations were a bit too high. Or maybe one to have to live though a diverse themselves to have an empathy. Because I did not have much.

I enjoyed a few episodes but not the movie as a whole. It felt like director-writer's own experience which I am not sure was true. Performance-wise I liked Scarlet's and Laura Dern's but not as much Adam Driver's. His singing was better than his playing but I don't think it was his fault.

Not to say that the movie was not good but the hype is definitely not justified.… Expand
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etoppFeb 9, 2020
It's hard to believe that this overlong, meandering and rather dull family "drama" got nominated for Best Picture. Why Adam Driver wants custody of his annoying brat of a son is frankly unbelievable. The less said about the bizarre musicalIt's hard to believe that this overlong, meandering and rather dull family "drama" got nominated for Best Picture. Why Adam Driver wants custody of his annoying brat of a son is frankly unbelievable. The less said about the bizarre musical numbers at the end the better. Avoid… Expand
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glommanMay 31, 2020
I do not know what people see in this movie. Sure, everything is tragically funny and confusing, but also unfathomably boring to watch. The only thing that makes this movie at least somewhat good is the odd scene with Adam Driver and theI do not know what people see in this movie. Sure, everything is tragically funny and confusing, but also unfathomably boring to watch. The only thing that makes this movie at least somewhat good is the odd scene with Adam Driver and the actors' performance in general. Other than that I wouldn't really recommend it to people who don't go through a divorce at the moment.… Expand
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hnestlyontheslyMar 2, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The fact that Marriage Story is freely available on Netflix and that it is one of the most triggering relationship films of the year makes it feel like the movie equivalent of the Ice Bucket Challenge for bored couples everywhere. Last week, plans fell through to go bowling and we had recently seen Marriage Story capture some accolades in Oscar Nominations, so against my better judgement, we subjected ourselves to yet another hyped Netflix movie. Reluctantly, I'll say that it exceeded expectations and maybe even felt like a film I could revisit at a later date, when I am alone, unhappy, and nursing festering old wounds. Whatever the opposite of a chick-flick romcom is for people going through a lot is. The film plays a bit of a game as a Rorschach test for the audience over which character is sympathetic, Charlie or Nicole. Wife says that one of the failings of the film is that both are so unlikable that you don't actually root for either of them. It works insofar as each scene is a little battle for our attention, Nicole's extended and unexpected monologue at her lawyer's office, which sets the scene for us about the origins of their divorce. "Plus," she quips at the end, "I think he's **** our stage manager." The movie actually does a great job of teasing out the differing standards of emotional and sexual fidelity for men and women, there's never really much moral weight attached to Charlie's infidelity. He is appropriately cagey about it over the phone with Nicole when she confronts him about it, his lawyer is similarly cagey, repeating Charlie's simpering accusation of "computer hacking" in court, and Nicole has her moment to rebound in some hipster's car at a costume party, to make sure we even the scores decisively. The film relies on the build up of goodwill by Charlie and Nicole early in the movie so that we can watch them implode in that powerful scene at Charlie's apartment. Friend came and couldn't sit through more than the first thirty minutes, because he didn't want to see their relationship get any more **** which is a first in movie viewing with Friend. The banking of goodwill feels patient and measured in a similar but actually more impactful way than a movie like The Goldfinch. The scene that elicits the most sympathy seems like Adam Driver getting sloppy Halloween seconds in unfamiliar LA neighborhoods--the five candies that his son drops on the floor is somehow worse than the one that we see him collect from a convenience store. And the family observer who visits Charlie at his home is maybe the cringiest scene which turns into the funniest scene, worth the price of admission (which in most people's case I understand to be free anyway, but such is the mystery of Netflix).

Besides the dramatic work that both Johansson and Driver do, they both have standout musical scenes, which I think is one of the reasons why this movie may have distinguished itself to critics looking for deep and varied performances. Johansson's feels more natural and earned, but when Driver has his karaoke moment in the spotlight, it's already an established game for a scene that the movie has established, so it feels at the very least like a moment of rebalancing, a variation on a theme, rather than out of place.

All things considered, Marriage Story is a simple movie with modest ambitions and some novel stage directions that let characters explore the space for extended cuts. Its comic timing in the face of all sorts of nastiness is a gem.… Expand
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firstloveNov 6, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Is there anything new about this story?
The cliches of divorce So Adam's song resonates empty...
story in the movie becomes meaningless… Expand
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BenWomackFeb 16, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Relationship to truth: True, but. It's about a divorce. The child who went through the divorce is telling the story. They may possibly for example find it far too painful, to see parents as incompatible. Description: It is a report of the sad? end?, of a ten year relationship between two people, recovering from the intensity of falling in love and being on the New York theatre scene, represented as a move, by the mother, from New York to L.A.

Reaction: Music: good. Wanted less at one point.
Costumes: everyone is well dressed. Direction: quite beautiful. Wasn't sure, the ceiling was the most interesting bit, when the lawyers first meet.
Timing: good in general.
Acting: very good. Bit disappointed , Wallace Shawn told to be creepy old fella.
Script: Recognisable pattern of speech. Self harm "joke"? end of Act 3 badly backfired.
Case study. I glossed over it the first and second time. But. There is a joke, that is Adam Driver is energy conscious, and so always turns out the lights- even if you are in the room reading.
Ha ha. Cute observation.
What instantly happens, is that he is in the wrong. He's a grievance. He makes a joke of his status as a nuisance even, turning the lights off as he leaves, S.J.'s house.
We need to be turning off the lights, as a society.
Jokes like this, make it more difficult, to get the message across. Hypothesis A.
Basically, it is well made stuff. If the author needed to get it off his chest to be a normal person again, go for it. I will probably not remember it, in the years that are (hopefully) to come.

Does it use beautiful people to get your attention? N.B's parents probably were, beautiful people.

I think overall, and I am short of time.
I am nobody in particular. I have a short temper, and a big mouth. One residue from this movie is- a scene where S.J. is asked what are her strengths as a parent, what her weaknesses. This is a reality check. But a fair question. That I am still thinking about. Thanks.… Expand
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5
Onlyclassicvg1Sep 19, 2022
Sauron's forces have laid siege to Minas Tirith, the capital of Gondor, in their efforts to eliminate the race of men. The once-great kingdom, watched over by a fading steward, has never been in more desperate need of its king. But canSauron's forces have laid siege to Minas Tirith, the capital of Gondor, in their efforts to eliminate the race of men. The once-great kingdom, watched over by a fading steward, has never been in more desperate need of its king. But can Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) answer the call of his heritage and become what he was born to be? In no small… Expand
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MrMidNight7Nov 4, 2020
not a bad movie, but i think this movie is overrated and a little boring to watch.
definitely not a must watch.
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siggi104Jul 9, 2022
To me it's just so forgettable and mediocre. Don't care enough about any character to care overall. Not a bad movie but also not a great one. Just meh imo.
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