Wooden Kramer vs Kramer knock off.....

Rating: 4/10 (17 December 2019)

Kramer vs Kramer set the standard way back in 1979 for divorce films. It exposed the underbelly of contemporary society in the US, where a shift in individual and parental expectations, supplanted traditional family values.
Simply titled "Marriage Story" treads an all too familiar path which is no crime in itself. Where it falls down, is in its contrived approach. This is most obvious in the awkward performances, that I would mostly describe, as heavily scripted and wooden.
Worse still, in my opinion it depicts contemporary US males in a less than flattering light as inconstant,incompetent and weak. I feel its a deeply unfair representation that fails to acknowledge the contribution and pressures placed on men, in modern society.
I'll confess to not finishing this one. I found it irritating on a personal level and flawed, in most other respects.
4/10.