Didn't get it

Rating: 5/10 (13 May 2020)

Like everyone else who saw this movie, I watched it because of the great reviews it received, and the attention it got at The Academy Awards.
I want somebody to explain this movie to me, because I didn't get it. You had two immature, self-absorbed narcissists getting a divorce. Why? Because Nicole was being smothered in New York, and really wanted to move back to LA and be a star again? And?
The thing that I couldn't get over is the whole high-priced divorce lawyer thing. Why? It was far from a messy divorce, so why not just get a mediator? And when Charlie writes out a check to Alan Alda for $25K and then fires him for the $950 an hour lawyer? What?
The movie was predictable and unoriginal. The Halloween scenes. He has one costume picked out, and so does she. He takes him trick-or-treating AFTER she does. Did you notice how crappy the candy was. lol.
The blow-up fight and the tears. Who cares? Neither Charlie nor Nicole were likable. My favorite character was the women who observed them eating dinner. She may have been awkward, but at least she was likable, and normal.
This played like a Lifetime movie, not a major award winning picture.
As others have said, I liked this movie better when it was called Kramer vs. Kramer.