A modern clasic.

Rating: 10/10 (19 February 2020)

I'm gonna put it bluntly: Marriage Story tackles a lot of problems in modern society without being judgmental, pandering, condescending or adoctrinating, that is a lot to say in a culture full of preachy actors, producers, writters and directors in Hollywood. In the last decade we saw a lot of pro-this anti-that cinema but this movie avoids taking sides in the political conversation and prefers to do what art is meant to do in culture: create or exemplify beauty and myths. This is a great accomplishment in writting, it reminded me of the best AlmodÃ³var dramedies where everything bad that is meant to happen is going to happen and you get to know and love the characters for what they do in these situations, not for what it is imply about them. I think both Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson gave great performances but it's Driver's that really gets into your skin. The story about a real (almost too real) broken man dealing with a horrible situation is something that Hollywood has seem to put away in the closet for a long time. I haven't liked any Noah Bumbach's films until this one, but keep them coming. It was great.