Wow

Rating: 10/10 (7 December 2019)

This was a Slam Dunk. I had high anticipations for this film but never in my wildest dreams would have expected it to be THAT good. I was sitting through out the film and kept saying to myself during many, many scenes again and again: "Wow, this is amazing". I hardly ever experience some reaction as strong as this. It is a true masterpiece. A Modern Kramer Vs Kramer however from a different approach. Noah Baumbach made his masterpiece. The film he will be most remembered for. I always liked him as a filmmaker but also felt he is sometimes receptive, not this time, this time he created something on its very own.
The acting is superb to say the least. I always though Scarlett Johansson is an underrated actress, but not even I had the slightest idea that she has "This" inside her. What a ride. What a performance. This will be hard to be beaten this year when it comes to actresses. Or actors for that matter. She really showed all of us what an actress she is. And the perfect Middle Finger to everyone who only see her as "Black Widow".
Adam Driver was not far away from the level of quality. In fact he really gave his character so many interesting and different facettes that you felt it was a real person. Both Driver and Johansson achieved that and brought a lot of character development into the mix.
Laura Dern was also great. You never knew if you should like her or hate her (I guess that depends if you are Team Nicole or Team Charlie). A fantastic turn for Dern who was often ignored to play "Rich " like this because she is fabulous in those roles (also see Big Little Lies for ex). Ray Liotta was the strongest in male support. A hilarious but also very controls and strict performance. Not to under appreciate Alan Alda who did very well, too. But Liotta outshone him.
All in all a fantastic piece of character cinema that will play with your emotions. It starts right away with the opening montage and ends with ... well you will see. And should see.