Solid 4.5 // Family dramas don't get much better than this.

Rating: 9/10 (23 December 2019)

Easily one of the best films of the year. Noah Baumbach tells this story of divorce with a level of insight and grace that could only come from an intimate personal connection with the material. It's a profoundly empathic film that cares deeply for the flawed humanity of its characters, honest people who become incrementally entangled in a treacherous legal and emotional web. And despite the darkness of the subject matter, Baumbach, Johansson, and Driver are able to inject so many moments of tenderness, honesty, and raw emotion that the film manages to leave you with a sense of hope for its characters despite the seemingly hopeless situation. Family dramas don't get much better than this.
Solid 4.5/5