SHOULD BE CALLED DIVORCE STORY

Rating: 8/10 (10 December 2019)

This movie is excellent, but I think it's strange that it's called marriage story, because it's entirely about a divorce-which is strangely, as you will know if you have been through it, not really about the marriage anymore. All the performances are top-notch, and the two leads are brilliant, though for some reason Scarlett Johansson, in her wardrobe, grooming, and behavior, plays the part as a somewhat masculine lesbian, which made me keep thinking there was going to be a turn of events that never occurred-which, in turn, made that choice inexplicable. Also, the two randomly inserted Stephen Sondheim songs are simply bizarre in context. They are poorly performed, and seem to be there for absolutely no reason whatsoever. But these are small things compared to the overall product, which is well worth watching.