Unflattering portrayal of women

Rating: 2/10 (3 January 2020)

I am a woman and found this movie to be an unflattering portrayal of women. Nicole turned out to be so selfish, never considering what was best for her son, being nice to Charlie to his face then backstabbing him, and destroying the whole theater troupe for her own fame.
I also was offended by Nora's speech about women, the Virgin Mary, and God. She just tried to manipulate Nicole into doing things (like speaking to 11 lawyers around town, ugh, how mean!) for her own ego so she could win the case, not for any noble victory for women.
Nicole never seemed that interested in being a mom, and as far as the movie portrayed it, never tried counseling with her husband before blindsiding him with the divorce papers. My husband and I could not understand why her desire to have her own career separate from her husband's was grounds for divorce. And poor Henry being a pawn in all this.
The only reason I gave it 2 stars instead of 1 is the acting was very good and the movie was compelling enough to watch the whole thing instead of turning it off after 15 minutes.
And what's with all the singing? The movie was already too long and then we had to listen to Charlie sing the ENTIRE song? The first part was plenty!
Just seems like it's a movie showing shallow reasons for getting divorced in the guise of empowering women.