Well written well acted and heartfelt

Rating: 8/10 (14 February 2020)

The brilliantly-written dialogue and stunning performances from Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson and an equally stunning supporting cast are the highlights of this film. The film had tonal inconsistencies that were I feel intentional to show the ups and downs of the characters' family lives, but there were points where these inconsistencies became a little hard to take. I wasn't a fan of Randy Newman's score which I felt was slightly overused and played at some inappropriate points which took me out of the reality of the film. It sort of loses focus in the middle, but the beginning and end are spot on and very well done. Johansson, Driver and Dern are all Oscar-worthy, as is Noah Baumbach's screenplay.