Very Slow Kitchen Sink Drama........meh!

Rating: 6/10 (10 January 2020)

Marriage Story
This was akin to Cat on a Hot Tin Roof without the alcohol and indeed without the hot tin. My mind tells me this "play-like" drama failed to educate, entertain or inform, and just went totally flat about 20 minutes in. I just didn't see any chemistry between Adam and Scarlett and she delivered her part in a needy and pathetic grating accent. The cast was proficient that's it!
This was a kitchen sink I just didn't want to see. Their sexless marriage had precipitated a tawdry affair and this had destroyed any trust they had, hardly a revelatory story!
In terms of acting the performances were unvarying and very much on the surface, I didn't even like them so I really didn't care how the plot developed. I learned many years ago that if there is no passion at the beginning of a relationship there will certainly be none at the end.
I must say after the court case this picked up somewhat where they all said things they didn't mean and then regreted it but it was so forcefully melodramatic I laughed out loud. My favourite bit was the domestic "observation" it was inspired.
The over sentimental mush ending was quite absurd after what had gone before.
The luvvies may think this is good but I found it tiresome. The best thing were the lawyers Laura Dern and Alan Alda.