Divorce the good bad and the ugly

Rating: 10/10 (10 December 2019)

A well written drama dealing with divorce in 2019 is overdue. Kramer vs Kramer first showed divorce from a man's point of view. Then there was the memorable dark comedy / horror story The War of the Roses. Now we have this superb movie. So many good points. It excellently covers the toll on the parties of the financial and legal negotiations. Excellent array of lawyers played by Laura Dern, Ray Liotta and Alan Alda. Despite their best intentions initially this divorce was bound to be a messy one with adultery, custody financial issues and geography all coming into play. From the beginning it's sad to know the little things that are going to be used against each other eventually.
We get a whole range of the emotional turmoil from some ironically funny moments to the big quarrel between the pair which is quite devastating. Surprisingly the child seems the least scathed in the battle.
Scarlett does a good job of acting genuinely sad. You feel for her. Adam Driver gives a tour de force performance. His strong personality works in this movie and his emotions on screen are so accessible to the audience.
A must watch. Be prepared to be left sad but enlightened.