Neither a masterpiece nor a failure

Rating: 8/10 (7 December 2019)

I was looking forward to this movie. Two very good actors in what seems to be the perfect stage to show what they are able to do, a movie about divorce and family which instantly reminds you of Kramer vs. Kramer.
For a long time this movie is very dry but I think this intended as part of the evolution of the story. Both parents in the beginning try to handle the divorce as if it is not a big thing and thus even though it is a drama it lacks exactly that, the drama.
But while building to the climax there all these little details that will get call backs later and you get to the insanity of the legal procedure that comes with divorce. Even though I never got divorced it feels like this is very accurate description. At the end it comes full circle and gets more emotional and dramatic and this where the movie finally got me.
So I don't think this is anything like masterpiece. It is a good movie with two outstanding performances even though I feel like Driver stands out a little more. I'll get why it builds to a climax and thus before that keeps more calm but this made me feel less interested and I believe that getting a divorce with a kid and custody claims will be nothing but emotional from beginning to the end and Marriage Story really becomes gripping in the last third of the movie.