A Divorce Rape horror story cloaked as a dramatic Marriage Story

Rating: 7/10 (2 January 2020)

One of the most sobering and important movies of the year.
A lot of people are dancing around the point of this movie. Why? Let me make this simple: Marriage Story is not about the difficulties of divorce. It's a public service announcement (PSA) story created by Noah Baumbach to warn us of the perils of Marriage, especially as it concerns fatherhood.
Now the following isn't a spoiler because with very few exceptions aside this is how divorce works --
There are no villains in Marriage Story, only two flawed human beings, but make no mistake about it... the wife makes out like gangbusters here, as they almost always do. She basically got everything she wanted and more. She got the Kid, at least half of everything, and essentially made her ex-husband have to relocate to L.A. so he could be a father to his son.
It's a very sobering film that should be made required viewing for all guys.
Noah Baumbach did a great job writing and Directing. Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson were both really terrific, though I think that Laura Dern was the real standout in a scintillating supporting role. She totally deserves an Oscar nomination.
The only reason I didn't rate it higher is because it's so simple and straight forward. It's a very well executed, but vanilla slice of life Marriage Story.