No lawyer must have been involved

Rating: 2/10 (28 December 2019)

The movie depicts some real life divorce distortions, manipulations and nasty tricks and addresses the emotional quandaries of a custody battle, but as a divorce lawyer it was nauseating to watch the ridiculous depiction of the trial scene. No lawyers were involved in the writing of that scene. Lawyers never, ever 1) argue each other directly, while the judge is just sitting there watching and 2) give testimony themselves. Also Laura Dern's character was totally unprofessional in her snuggling with a prospective client. The opposing shark was more realistic but highly exaggerated.
Finally there is law which sets which state has jurisdiction over the issue of child custody. It would have been New York. But that was ignored. The California lawyer would have advised Charlie to file a divorce in New York. But then there would not have been a movie.