Should be called "Divorce Story"

Rating: 5/10 (3 March 2020)

This movie is well acted, but marred by a couple of glaring inconsistencies. The storyline is about a woman who left LA because her acting career was going nowhere, moved to New York with her husband, became the main attraction in the theater her husband created, had a child with him at their home in New York, and then decides after eight or 10 years that she wants something else.
The "something else" is to divorce her husband, move to LA with her son, and pursue a career in television.
We watch as the husband has to cope with having the rug pulled out from under him and his life thrown in a blender, to mix metaphors. We see the all too frequent spectacle of divorcing parents, who initially claim that they have their children's best interests at heart, ending up hiring the most cutthroat divorce lawyers they can find.
One glaring inconsistency, as another reviewer pointed out, is that no actual lawyers were consulted on this script. Divorce lawyers call witnesses to get the facts on record, they don't argue cases themselves in front of the Family Court judge. Further, under the existing laws, the divorce would have taken place in New York, not California, but that would have meant no movie.
The other glaring inconsistency is the wife, who wanted out, appearing to exhibit some feelings of remorse or shame (in front of her husband) at what she has initiated. I know a number of divorce lawyers, and they have all told me straight out that they have never seen this happen with any woman who has filed for divorce.
My final complaint about the film is the young actor who plays the son. His height and weight make him appear to be eight to ten years old. However, he can't read AT ALL in the first half of the movie, and in the final scene (after he's been living with his mother and her new boyfriend in LA for a while), he is reading at a level you would expect of five-year-olds. I found this jarring, given that there is no mention of him having mild retardation, dyslexia, or any other learning disabilities.