“Marriage Story”: Film Review & Podcast

Posted: December 12th, 2019 | Filed under: Ruminations | No Comments »

I, for one, am truly grateful that, among the gifts bestowed to us during the holiday season, are many of the year’s best films.

More important. Some of them are actual adult dramas, not just comic books and Star Wars reboots.

So, it has come to pass that Noah Baumbach’s heralded “Marriage Story” has arrived on Netflix. (That’s the new paradigm, kids, get used to it.)

The filmtells the searing tale of how Nicole (Scarlett Johansson) and Charlie (Adam Driver) deal with each other during the reality of their separation and divorce.

The film is most astutely observed, a sometimes funny look at the phenomenon that plagues about half of all marriages.

It is a master class in tour de force acting. Johansson and Driver craft two of the year’s finest performances.

For more details and observations of the film, listen to the podcast below:

Audio MP3


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