What You Should Want From a Film

Rating: 9/10 (11 December 2019)

I didn't expect to be gripped by this film when browsing what's new on Netflix. I was primarily looking forward to seeing Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver without the black costumes.
I'll skip a bit here and simply say the most sincere ambition of film is to invoke an emotional experience. This feature has it in spades. I have neither been divorced nor married and still found myself fully invested from start to finish. It jumps from sentimental to anxiety inducing, outrageous to embarrassing, and back again in the most human of ways. I've rarely been compelled to exclaim "oh my god" out loud when sitting alone watching a movie.
Some of the best performances of both Johansson and Driver give this unexpected gem a memorable polish.