Marriage Story (2019)

Marriage Story (2019), directed by Academy Award–nominated filmmaker Noah Baumbach, is a sharp, compassionate drama with moments of dark comedy about a marriage dissolving and a family trying to hold together. Starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson, with memorable supporting turns from Laura Dern, Alan Alda, and Ray Liotta, the film follows Charlie, a brilliant New York theatre director, and Nicole, a former Los Angeles actress, as their decade‑long marriage unravels. What begins as an apparently amicable separation soon becomes fraught with bitter accusations, costly lawyers, and the emotional fallout of co‑parenting their eight‑year‑old son, Henry. Watching the film is an intimate, often painful experience: Baumbach’s screenplay and the performances dive deep into both partners’ perspectives, showing how love, pride, identity, and miscommunication shape the breakdown of a relationship. The tone shifts between quietly tender family moments and sharply comic or searingly honest confrontations, so viewers will laugh, wince, and frequently feel moved. The result is a finely observed, emotionally raw portrait of divorce that refuses easy answers and leaves you empathizing with all sides while confronting how messy love can be.

Actors: Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Julia Greer

Director: Noah Baumbach

Runtime: 137 min

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

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