Last night I watched Marriage Story on Netflix to finally understand what people have been saying about the film. My only knowledge regarding the film have been the meme and clips that have been plastered all over social media (ScarJo dancing and the fight scene between Nicole and Charlie.)
Starting out, I thought that it was interesting to hear the letters each character wrote about each other, stating the good and the bad. I liked how the letters that were being read followed the actions of the character being described. From this point, I found the movie to be rather slow. To me, the divorce and the having the child reminded me of the movie Kramer vs. Kramer (even though I have never seen that movie either.)
I’ll say this, I LOVE LAURA DERN and she can do no wrong. I think that she played the part very well and I can see why she has won awards for this part. She was believable in every sense of the word. I think it was interesting that they decided to blur the lines between friendship and professionalism throughout the movie (her kicking her shoes off when sitting on the couch and her being at the party.)
One character that I thought added nothing to the story in terms of acting is the social worker who came to observe the relationship between Charlie and Henry. I think that all of her lines were forced and it seemed like she wasn’t acting. She felt awkward, which might have been the point, but I think it was painful to watch that part of the movie.
In my opinion, the most shared scene has been the argument that takes place between Nicole and Charlie. After seeing it several times on social media, the scene finally made sense. Everything from the initiation of the divorce (the separation, the moving, the lawyers, the changes, etc.) had come to a head, leading to an explosion. I still stand behind my initial thoughts that yelling isn’t necessarily the best way to express anger. I think that this scene could have been done a lot better by using tone, breaks, and physicality (not punching a wall like a macho man.) But the message was clear that they needed to finally have it out so that they could heal appropriately.
Overall, the movie wasn’t totally horrible, and it ended in a way that was optimistic about the future. I thought it was beautiful when Henry was reading the letter at the end, with help from Charlie, and he finally got to know what Nicole had written. Charlie and Nicole were finally able to be who they wanted to be, independently, without having to worry about one over-shadowing the other. By living separately and doing what they truly wanted, they were finally able to stop resenting each other and able to move forward with co-parenting Henry in a non-toxic environment.
Submitted February 13, 2020 at 04:59AM by anotherredditdude09 https://ift.tt/2tTCwpp