meaning of life=marriage is pointless?

Rating: 1/10 (1 October 2013)

Well that was another hour and a half of my life I'm never getting back. And in the end, there was no grand revelation about anything; not even about the meaning of the character's lives - which I assumed what the movie had to be about.
The ending is cryptic and lukewarm. Apparently Bill Murray says something deeply significant to Scarlett Johansson that moved her to tears; it's too bad the audience wasn't privy to it. It might have made sitting through an hour and a half of meaningless contemporary vignettes worthwhile.
I have no idea how this movie won any awards or standing ovations from critics; and it seems any pseudo-intellectual can read into the ambiguity of what barely passes as a story line to extract some bizarre philosophical point. Let's not confuse subtlety with vagueness; nor symbolism with obtuse and empty scenes of people staring blankly out a window or riding in a car. I am a significance junkie, and trust me there is none to be found here.
Don't get me wrong - the acting is fantastic. It's the writing and pacing that's going to put you to sleep. The irony is not lost to me that this movie features insomnia prominently.
None of the main characters were sympathetic or likable to me. They all seemed so stuck on themselves. There's no honesty with themselves or with their spouses. They all at one time, seem to be cheating on each other (even Lydia, whom we never see but only hear on the phone, has zero interest in welcoming her husband back home to the states). If this movie had any message, it seems to be that marriage is completely pointless and only random connections in strange places carry any meaning or significance; especially if we read into it and invest far more into a total stranger than we do the people who are consistent in our lives.
And if someone wants to make a movie about how marriage is pointless, that's fine. But don't dress it up as a comedy, don't pretend it is deep and meaningful and communicates anything significant beyond what it is meant to be. No amount of pseudo-philosophical rationalization is going to endow this movie with the depth or significance it desperately wants to be perceived as. What a waste.