Yet another American story

Rating: 6/10 (15 December 2019)

There are a few good scenes in this movie and Johansson's performance was not too bad, but in general everything felt kind of fake in it. The motives of the divorce feel totally faked and made up, the emotional turmoil of each party is unexplored (except in a few scenes), the focus is put instead on the legal matters, which feel casual and hollow. The worst part, however, was probably the kid, who acted anything but a normal school-going (6-7 year old?) kid. For instance he seemed to be completely ignorant of the fact that their parents were splitting up, he did not voice any concerns about it nor ask why this has to be so, he didn't understand he's father was hurt while lying on the kitchen floor, and he said that he liked the costume his mom bought better because it cost more... Seriously? In brief, the whole thing just felt fake.