Much Ado about Nothing

Rating: 3/10 (8 December 2019)

Just saw "Marriage Story." A disaster, an embarrassing, schmaltzy excuse for human interest. Despite the two excellent leads, it features at least three despicable performances (and casting choices), including the worst child acting since "Room." Shoddy, ludicrous self-indulgent writing, unbearable set design and cinematography. Many of the key, dramatic, two-person dialogues are shot close up, are stationary, and appear to have been done with the actors in separate locations, which is extremely alienating and ignorantly counter-intuitive. Adam Driver sings - yes, he bursts into song, one of Randy Newman's worst ever! - as if he were CGI'd into the script. This all goes down like American cheese on white bread, soaked in gluten-free L.A. sauce. Noah Baumbach deserves a future directing ED commercials