Our generation's Casablanca?

Rating: 8/10 (18 January 2020)

Sadly, and as puke-y and trite as it sounds, will this film be looked back upon as our generation's Casablanca? It is kind of a Love Story for today. So many people get divorced. So many people can relate to the bi-coastal life question: one spouse gets a great opportunity in LA or Silicon Valley; do they uproot and move? Another couple struggles with jobs that require regular trips to DC or Boston - do they need to live apart? What will that do to the marriage? What kind of resentment would turning down these opportunities create? It brings out all of these questions and many others...albeit for a thin slice of humanity; the story is pretty limited to the lives of rich white people. And it does reek of the obnoxious "writers writing about writers" phenomenon we see so often in Hollywood.
Both Johansen and Driver are awesome. The director being a man means the film skews a tad bit more in favor of the man and makes you more sympathetic to him. (The fact that he cheated - she did not - is really glossed over).
Despite the movie being about divorce, there is so much love here. Between the parents, and between each parent and their child.
Also, there is a reason people say they hate lawyers. Is this the system we are stuck with?