Deeply Emotional Film

Rating: 10/10 (18 January 2020)

I don't like to write exaggerated stuff on the internet, hyperbole if you will. But, seriously though, Marriage Story is one of the most personal and emotional films I have ever seen, driven by solid direction and a great script, but mostly by two powerhouse, really outstanding performances by Adam Driver and Scarlett Johnson. It's a very simple premise, it's a movie about a family going through a divorce. But it's executed extremely well, to the point that I swear I even forgot I was watching a movie. During the scene where Scarlett Johannson's character is explaining to Laura Dern, who is also awesome in her role by the way, why she wants the divorce, that part of my brain that always wants to analyze movies, was gone and got to the point where I was just watching, not even Scarlett Johannson, but a heartbroken woman explain why she wants to go through with the separation. It's great. And it's done in a very tasteful way to give us both perspectives, we get to see what Adam Driver is going through and also what she's going through, so we get to understand both sides. It's not like one is the bad guy and one is the good guy, it's never like that. I loved this movie, it brought one or two tears to my eye, outstanding performances like I said and would highly recommend.