Marriage Story
A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.
Critics Sentiment
Charlie and Nicole's private meeting erupts into a devastating screaming fight
Charlie tells Nicole he has taken a UCLA residency and will live in LA
The film surges from the grinding procedural exhaustion of the courtroom character assassinations (score 7.9) to the explosive, cathartic private argument between Charlie and Nicole (score 9.5), a swing of 1.6 points that reviewers universally identified as the film's emotional and artistic peak.
Marriage Story opens at a high emotional register with its celebrated dual monologues, sustains strong audience engagement through Nicole's Nora monologue and the escalating legal machinery, then reaches its apex in the legendary private argument scene before descending into a bittersweet but warmly received resolution. Reviewers consistently praised the film's refusal to assign blame, its tonal balance between comedy and devastation, and the two lead performances as among the finest of 2019. The closing shoelace image lands as a quiet, earned grace note that left audiences deeply moved rather than simply sad.
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Adam Driver
Charlie Barber
Scarlett Johansson
Nicole Barber
Laura Dern
Nora Fanshaw
Alan Alda
Bert Spitz
Ray Liotta
Jay Marotta
Julie Hagerty
Sandra
Merritt Wever
Cassie
Azhy Robertson
Henry Barber
Wallace Shawn
Frank
Martha Kelly
The Evaluator
Mark O'Brien
Carter Mitchum
Julia Greer
Street Solicitor #1
Matthew Maher
Theater Actor
Eric Berryman
Theater Actor
Mickey Sumner
Beth - Theater Actor
Jasmine Cephas Jones
Theater Actor
Gideon Glick
Theater Actor
Motell Gyn Foster
Theater Actor
David Turner
Theater Actor
Raymond J. Lee
Theater Actor
Crew
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