One of best watch of the year!

Rating: 10/10 (10 January 2020)

Marriage story is a rooted, anti-melodramatic tale of a complicated divorce. And, it's also a MASTERPIECE !!! There's one particular scene involving the two leads in a room having a heated argument, that arrested me physically and melted me emotionally both at the same time. The argument scene is on par or in some ways even better than another similar favorite scene of mine from the Linklater movie 'Before Midnight'. It's one of the most well acted film of recent times. There are moments in the film that could be boring if not for the sheer presence of Adam driver and Scarlett Johansson. At no point are they acting, they're living the situation and that translates well into the audience. I wouldn't mind if both of the actors get a nod from the academy.
The film has lengthy but limited number of scene. Every scene takes time to build up, they're driven by life-like conversation, so it takes time to arrive at the point. But when it arrives, it hits hard, cheers to the time taken to build it up.
There's a lesson to be learned for up and coming writers, who are taught that you should enter the scene very late and exit as early as possible - there's a great reward for being patient.