Went in blind, felt super disappointed.

Rating: 1/10 (21 December 2019)

I decided to watch this movie based on my friends recommendation. He hadn't seen it either, but heard it was getting much acclaim and it looked really real based on the trailers. Given my love for movies or shows that potray reality or don't have happy endings (one of my favorite movies to this day is still Requiem for a Dream and BoJack quickly became one of my all time favorite shows), I decided to watch this without viewing any trailers or reading any reviews.
Within the first 20 mins I felt bored. I kept going to give it a fair shot to see, maybe it gets better. Nope. The only part i enjoyed was watching the lawyers, which was also, in my opinion, some of the only good acting on screen.
The whole movie seems incredibly forced. There are SO many useless scenes that go literally no where. Like that scene with the woman observing Charlie and Henry? Not only was it, boring and awkward, it was completely pointless and didn't advance the story at all.
I also hated Nicole. At first, I wasn't a fan of Charlie either, but by the time they reached the fight scene and you find out he only cheated when they were somewhat separated, I was 100% on Charlie's side. She's selfish, manipulative, a liar and puts Charlie through hell after making believe she didn't want it to be complicated to begin with. And then at the end, she thinks it's unfair that he gets 45% custody?! WHAT?! I was so annoyed by that.
Then, the movie ends abruptly. It's just a terrible ending leaving so many open ends! I thought "what? That's it? That's how it ends?" when i saw the credits come on.
I say don't waste your time. I have no idea why this has such a high rating or how it can make anyone cry. I cried when Frankenwienie died (Everytime lol) but this, this is an empty shell of a movie attempting to be deeper than it actually is.
The ONLY part that made me feel bad at all was when Charlie takes Henry trick or treating after Nicole. She's a cow for not letting Charlie join the prime time and it's sad watching try to find candy. That's it.