Noah Baumbach, the joy is in my tired heart. After Eric Romer, no one spoke more clearly and gracefully about everyday existentialism. Maybe Hal Hartley, but you gotta get in the mood. There is not enough about the eternal, but at the same time about everyone. After filling the tanks with Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson, we go to the reverse side of love in the very beginning of a broken family. At the same time, flashbacks of Jarmushev’s Paterosne and Coppolov’s Translation Difficulties are sweeping, but the cozy aesthetic of chamber narrative allows you to look through ingrained images and reveal a fragile idea.
From the outside, it always seems simpler than from the inside, perhaps because it is emotionally driven, stretched to the click of the first revolvers pulling souls out of the least dexterous cowboys. Perhaps somewhere here the threshold of entry is outlined, pumped empathy alone will not be enough. When did everything go wrong? When did the blessing become a curse? It is very painful to see in retrospect how the unearthly quintessence of happiness turns into an ordinary story. Looking around, it’s not even something special, but from the inside, through the healing of acid burns of disgust and indifference, the whole story seems to acquire a bitter taste of reality.
The unbearable gravity of a space random. When, it seems, here it is, just have time to tear off the years on the calendar, measuring with wrinkles the time of that very life. But suddenly, you're strangers. In addition to the elusive memories and taste of sweet almonds, there is nothing to say that he did not notice how night replaces day in the whirlpool of ghostly dawns. The fruit of love, broken hearts, should they have gone all the way? Unfortunately, this is the reality, and it is extremely honest. There will be no answers because all questions are rhetorical. And it's normal, just painful and sad. But somewhere in the back, there's a feeling like that. Through dense curtains sunny morning and the smell of night air mixed with her sleepy smile.
Watch out, spoilers! —----------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- Noah Baumbuck's film "Marriage Story" (on the movie sites "Marriage Story") / Marriage Story, 2019, waited quite a long time for its turn and finally waited. This is the story of one divorce, which, as I understood, having familiarized myself with some circumstances of the director’s life, is quite painful for him, and at the time of the film’s creation, it is a topical topic. Live in a happy marriage, director Charlie Barber (Adam Driver) and actress Nicole (Scarlett Johansson), he puts plays in his theater, she plays roles in it, their son Henry grows up, when suddenly something begins to go wrong, she begins to feel like a secondary participant in their marriage and does not feel sufficiently realized. They first turn to a psychologist, but there their session did not work out - Nicole refused to read what she wrote about Charlie, although he agreed to read what he wrote and left the session, and after all, both wrote only good, we heard both of these opus. Maybe, if she agreed to read it then, things would have gone differently, but instead she goes to her mother in Los Angeles, besides she was offered in Hollywood to star in the pilot of a series. That’s where everything began to fall apart, at first they agreed to disperse amicably, without involving lawyers, but nothing came of it. And we're watching their divorce process get hotter. But the end is quite peaceful, they divorced, maintaining a good relationship, she also became a director, he continues to stage plays. History, of course, is typical American, but also universal. The actors play well, so it is quite possible to watch, especially since the film was fondled by critics and received many awards.
A million nominations, a couple of wins at the Oscars and Golden Globes, the highest ratings of critics. In “The Story of Marriage” or, as sometimes translated, “Marriage Story” there is not much that could contain an ordinary movie – this is a strange chronicle that catches not by typical techniques, but by the integrity of the characters and the whole story.
The viewer is integrated into the action right before the divorce, and the picture ends after all the processes. The easiest way to introduce characters to the tape is simply to read their good qualities, but Noah Baumbuck elegantly wraps them in mutual letters between spouses about each other. The first thought that emerges from the opening scene is that they are two wonderful people, and there is no reason for them to part, but reality, as usual, confronts the qualities of the characters with their ambitions and circumstances. It seems that the director consistently forces Scarlett Johansson to side with Adam Driver, and although he is more sympathetic to his wife, the main character is still Charlie: he is involved in a conflict with his wife and son, which, in fact, the whole picture is devoted to.
The film manages to visit different settings: the characters manage to make a fuss in court, arrange a domestic scandal, Adam Driver suffers from the coldness of the child, and Scarlett Johansson is looking for an opportunity to become free. And all this is rather a set of scenes, well-designed, but in its essence there is nothing in the film, and for the seekers of strong drama, hilarious comedy, frightening thrillers - there is no tidbit here. In fact, the tape can be incredibly boring for some people, but even in this it is good, because it manages to conquer new horizons even inside itself - so the scene in which Charlie talks about the sofa, becomes a kind of joke for the viewer, because, it would seem, even more boring can not be. Even moralizing and a message here is difficult to find: the cinema sheds this responsibility, and everyone makes conclusions for himself, although they can be found in musical numbers.
The film perfectly shows two confused, frightened and lost people and how they come out of a crisis situation in different ways. And it seems that one of the main things that makes you watch the film is the contrasts that permeate the whole picture, even at the level of small things: here are family photos in the house in Los Angeles at the beginning and at the end; here is a musical number from Scarlett Johansson, and here is from Adam Driver; here is how much Henry collected candy with mom, and here is how much with dad; here is a spacious Los Angeles with large offices, and here is a crowded and claustrophobic New York; the heroine of Scarlett Johansson never closes the lockers, but she can not close the gates, and do more pleasant viewing; This, funny scenes and solid characters - what is worth watching the tape, but not for the sake of an exciting plot and great emotional pressure on the viewer.
Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson are a wonderful duo who got to play really difficult people, primarily because the film is aimed at these characters to reveal them from each side. Especially Adam Driver, who sometimes (though rarely) gave out emotions that seem impossible to play. I am surprised that neither the first nor the second has received any award for their performance, even at a discount on high competition. Okay, Joaquin Phoenix objectively suffered more physically, but in terms of the volume of acting and its quality, in my opinion, Adam Driver outplayed Phoenix.
If you’re tired of the perpetual escalation of conflict, pathos and pretentiousness and want to spend 2 hours in a relaxed but serious environment where the tape does not oblige you to anything, and it can be turned off at any time, forget about it, but then turn on and just get high, then probably this “Marriage Story” is a great option, because it does not emphasize the classic aspects of cinema. If you are interested only in highlights from the picture, then you should pass by.
One of the winners of last year’s Oscar, nominated for almost all key positions, but took the statuette only for the female role of the second plan, gives the viewer the opportunity to reflect on how we build our relationship, whether we can appreciate what we have, work on mistakes and put the interests of a loved one over our selfishness. The film touches on many aspects of a long-term relationship, many of which millions of couples around the world face. Each of the characters makes mistakes, because of which it becomes more difficult to save the relationship. You look and think, why did you do that? You love your partner. Why?
The motivation of the main character is not revealed to us immediately, at first it seems that she just out of the blue takes the brain of her husband and tries to destroy the family for the sake of abstract novelty of life, abstract happiness, where she will be more loved and appreciated, where she will be more self-sufficient, where she will get more attention. Later, the motivation becomes clear, but then another question arises – if both still love each other and do not want to break up, if a man is very trying to fix what he broke, showing strong emotions for his wife and child – could this relationship be given a second chance without leading to divorce?
What can you forgive a loved one if he is repentant and trying to change? Can a person actually change? Is it possible to resolve “insoluble contradictions” and how insoluble are they? How hard is it to work on yourself and relationships? Is it worth it if people love each other? Can destruction bring happiness to anyone in the end? Many questions, and for this film thank you. It’s hard to say how straight that’s the level of the Oscars, but it’s definitely a good picture to think about. I would recommend watching.
The one I looked at. And who resonated in my soul. The film is interesting, there is nothing from action movies and thrillers. Quite a normal family drama. Actors are on top. Scarlett Johanson is surprisingly good, in general, the entire cast of the Avengers looks surprisingly good in normal films without nylon tights. Adam Driver in this film is also beautiful and I would say the role is almost Oscar-winning. But due to the almost equal accents on the two main characters, the role does not reach the Oscar. But I expect and hope that Adam is a great actor, he will be able to swing for the Oscar. This is not an indicator, though.
The film is hard, like any divorce process with the division of property, and especially children. I really liked the staging of shots, interesting positioning of the characters in the frame, adjusting to the environment. What the viewer sees as comfort, for the director and his team is a titanic work. And they did.
The film will appeal to those who understand and appreciate conversational cinema. The dialogues are very well written. Each character has its own small characteristics that can be noticed, but this makes little sense, although they give the characters humanity and make the story deeper. In general, there is nothing more to say about the film, we can only add about it. . .
How many subtexts can be found here, how much complexity in relationships can be seen. For me, this film became a work on which I can equate marriage and a happy life, instead of the lightness of ordinary love relationships. Love is a coming substance, marriage as well as friendship is uninterrupted work on oneself and work with others. Empathy and support, the ability to listen and the ability to find compromises. Yes, it is wrong to be in an abusive relationship or to show excessive ego dominance. You need to feel and understand your partner, because in the end, just the slightest understatement or misunderstanding can cost the family and cause a lot of pain.
10 out of 10
It’s not that I hate the main actress at this moment of watching the film, who somehow used her movie popularity in the political sphere too ardently. It is not that the plot and monologues of this movie are too Hollywood. It’s not even about the main theme of the film. It's about me, the viewer.
I don't understand an American, especially one with Jewish roots. The author of this film is different from us, the audience. He is a professional Hollywood writer, the author of such scripts (not one), and, as I see from his biography, the script is in a sense autobiographical. But in any case, he is a Hollywood player, which means that he knows exactly how to submit / sell a picture to the viewer. And that's a minus. That's the downside of all professionals. They easily soar even what is not needed for nothing, clothed in a tempting picture / wrapper.
Those of you who lived in the '90s should remember how everything fell apart. In fact, the collapse of the Union formerly started much earlier. Invisible aphids corroded everything, starting with families, with the main unit of society. It is something that we are shown, but already in the final stage, somewhere in the late 90s. Of course, the film is set in the United States, and the time is already in the 21st century, but the essence of the matter does not change. America has long been rotten spiritually, morally, judging by TV. And this picture is only a confirmation of this fact, already.
Divorce is a scourge of modern society. Or whatever they say. It is not AIDS (or any other disease, including the proverbial crown) but divorce that is the most deadly danger today. Divorces often make children degraded personalities who drink, communicate with everyone, etc. Where do STDs come from? The outcasts of society naturally become the main criminals.
But how do you prevent divorce? Will talking help? Heroes talk themselves or through intermediaries. No, a lot of people don't help talking. Some say that it would be good to describe everything in a notebook, write down thoughts and read later. But that won't help either. No connection. Husband and wife are like two bricks. They can be placed next to each other, but this will not hold them together. We need a builder (God) and a conjugate mixture (children, for example, but better the Holy Spirit, of course). And marriage is not equality. As in any state, the king, the king, the president must be one. A wife should be afraid of her husband. But in our case, my husband also got sick. But the wife does something worse, although it is as if under a pretty and as if in a morally correct direction.
What I saw in that movie. I was hurt, of course. But that's not it. It's not an option. The ending is crazy. It's some kind of look of a typical Hollywood guy. I write books, stories. But it's fiction. And here, it's all really served. And everything is so natural and vivid that someone will behave that this is the norm of life. In fact, this is all the nonsense of a crazy man who has long since gone off the straight path. I am not talking about the author, but about the human being. I see it more and more. I see on the screen ravings, which are presented as a kind of deep drama, a psychedelic thriller of family relationships. But it's not there. We have two adults who still have to change their diapers and wipe their ass behind them. I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s the kind of movie in life. That's why the wife left... Oh, yeah. That it was me. It’s time for me to change, too, I’m spiritually pissed. It stinks, do you feel?
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But staging. A masterpiece! Whatever I feel about the actress. I also watched with sabs (on Netflix only), on a smartphone, on the road. The voice of the heroine is so manish, even rude. In full dubbing, it won’t look at all. Actually, it is. In this movie, some of the character traits of the main character are purely male, and the husband is a clean woman. Nah, I know all that. The wife of a man can cook a woman in five seconds if she wants. This is the essence of the marriage contract: a man gives / delegates always in the family (in his life) a part of the rights / freedoms of his wife. But it needs balance. Even if the reason for the divorce is infidelity or something like that, it is not a reason to divorce and start having sex with someone else. If you are a fool, then you will live separately. And then until the age of majority, children should not be divorced. Live for them, and then disperse to your corners, but without betrayal. Marriage should be holy. And if you do, Satan will punish you. It’s not God’s fault at all. If they were married without God, the marriage was doomed. Yeah, there's a lot to think about for you, for all of you, and I'm gonna have a good night.
The film is interesting and #39; live & #39; heroes. They're not perfect, but they're human.
The strength of this film is to expose gender stereotypes.
I would like to write that the weak side is the child. But I loved the finale (playing with my mom's new partner) and the way the reaction to my dad was spelled out. Personal experiences are not disclosed, but if you think about it, you can draw conclusions. In fact, the behavior of the child was well preserved, they did not make him an adult.
Woman must be 'The Virgin Mary' is a very strong scene. And I wouldn’t call the author’s relationship 'neutral' yet the wife suffered more in this relationship.
If Nicole acted differently, as Charlie ' agreed ' and not ' discussed ' (also an important wording, if this egoist does not like something, then discussed. if you like - agreed), then she could not become happy, most of all in marriage sacrificed Nicole.
The scene with Charlie's nervous breakdown never justified him, he should have stayed on a personal course with a psychologist. Nicole is still more 'mature'
This is a great example of a projective film!! Which will help to show, formulate and realize their own attitudes on the topic of what is:
- Love.
- Behavior of a real man or woman
- A good mother or a good father.
- A real family
- and much more.
This, in my opinion, is the genius of the film, the main characters are shown absolutely neutral. If at all you can say that about such a complex and emotional topic as divorce. Not a single action where it would be clearly possible to say: 'Here he is the culprit(s) of what is happening!'
Neutrality, the incompleteness of the stimulus is what makes us give meaning to what is happening. Thinking, drawing. Thus, to make our own values and views of life more aware.
Absolutely brilliant, in my opinion, the line of lawyers. And if the film is made as realistic as possible and the characters are shown as ordinary people (our friends, neighbors, ourselves), then lawyers are absolutely grotesque. They shake out the dirty laundry of the spouses without being shy in receptions. And my idea is that this line represents something that was completely absent from the pair. The ability to confront and clarify relationships. Spouses are so nice that even at the peak of the conflict want to do everything amicably. Probably it could be so, but the essence of the problem is just dissatisfaction, that husband and wife have a lot of claims to each other, which eventually led to divorce.
Building relationships is impossible without showing your interests and fighting for them. I've filled my clients with the edge already concept 'Space of relationships'. Relatively speaking, what you bring to the space of relations, then there will be. This is where comfort and satisfaction depend. In ' the space of relationships' the main characters are clearly more laid the interests of the husband than the wife.
For me, this whole legal game represents the separation of a man from a woman, who for a long time were as if merged into a single one (and a merger, as you know, leads to pleasant consequences only at certain moments?) .
And if we talk about the psychological truth, it is this ' dirty lawyer game ' and gave the couple the opportunity to really split up and even see each other better. Not through the prism of all the accusations, but through the experience that they are separate people with completely different views.
I also thought the film was about gender stereotypes. The most striking point is a brilliant lawyer speech revealing social inequality. The fact that a mother is expected to be perfect, comparing her with the Mother of God, and the father - he is like the Lord God, is always invisible, so he may be imperfect.
And in the family way of the main characters, there is also a gender history. If a woman agrees - this is a conversation, if a man agrees - this is an agreement (sorri for tautology).
Not that I’m against stereotypes (although some are obviously absurd if you take them into account). But I'm for mindfulness! It is important that we choose them ourselves.
For me, the film is about the path of the heroine Scarlet Johansson from infantile following the social models of the family, to his own, albeit very painful choice.
So this film is also, of course, about maturity through divorce.
My multi-letters clearly show that the film is great! I would highly recommend watching it.
The film, which I wanted to see a long time ago, but “thanks” to Russian distributors, in the cinema could not see, and the network was not a good version with subtitles, and this film can not be watched in dubbing, then the perception of the film will be 99.9% wrong.
So what do we have at the beginning:
Scarlett Johansson, who has several great roles in reserve, who is at the peak of her career.
Adam Driver is an actor who literally appeared out of nowhere, but won the hearts of everyone with his acting.
Overall, a good cast and a decent director who wrote an amazing script.
The actual plot of the film can be understood from a few seconds of the trailer or reading the description, so I will not repeat myself.
And in the end, we get 2-plus hours, in which we just pour into this family and their lives, their problems and their emotions. Jesus, emotions! I haven’t seen actors just put their souls in the frame in a long time. And it is not for nothing that the main scene from the film is included in all lists and selections with the best acting in the history of cinema. Film stories, you understand? Here it is necessary not to give Oscars (in which the film was of course presented in all major nominations), but awards for contribution to the film industry.
But that’s not what you need to know about this movie. You only need to know that it will either hurt you for something alive (if, of course, it is in you), or not, but most likely, reviewing the picture in another life situation or with the passage of time, you will perceive everything wrong. The film made me go through everything with the characters, made me cry and think about many things in life. Of course, this effect depended on many reasons: mood, viewing time, my character and attitude to life. And yes, a lot of people will say it's hard to understand heroes if you've never been in their shoes, married. But (!), almost all of us were in the family and could experience these emotions, but from a different perspective. After all, this film is not only about the relationship of a husband and wife, but in general about relations in the family: with parents, with children, with each other. So this film is for everyone who has ever thought about their family, their current or future, for those who loved someone so much that they were ready to forget about themselves, for those who are confused and do not know what will happen next in life and what to do with it.
P.s. Watch only with subtitles. I understand that for many it is difficult and even do not want to try, but it is worth it, believe me, you will benefit more from it.
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Director and screenwriter, one of the most impressive independent directors in the United States, Noah Baumbuck is considered a favorite in a critical environment, but the mass audience will long struggle to remember at least one film Baumbuck. Although such films as 'Squid and Whale' (2005) with young Jesse Eisenberg and 'Sweet Frances' (2012) with Greta Gerwig in the title role were awarded and nominated at several prestigious film awards. And yet many are tired of waiting for a big breakthrough from Baumbak, although the potential for it is huge. And so all the skeptics and critics, the director responded with a film of 2019 called 'Marriage Story'.
Such an idyllic name should not lead to a potential viewer incorrect interpretation, or you can expect some bright and summer romcom. ' Marriage Story' is a completely dramatic story, which has psychological roots in the inability to forgive what was previously forgiven; a story that vividly demonstrates the nervous atmosphere formed during a difficult period when marriage is on the verge of splitting; it shows a state of frenzy and some unreasonable vengeance towards a person with whom he shared a bed just recently. In general, this is a complex, but on the other hand, an ordinary and almost everyday story, shown from the outside. It is possible that ' Marriage Story' will become a moralistic movie for someone and someone will understand what actions should not be taken, if a once happy marriage has turned into a burden and the soul, scratching the heart, demands freedom.
And the history of world cinema has repeatedly encountered cases when directors shot something very personal. One of the most recent examples is '. Hollywood' from Quentin Tarantino, which became an amicable homage to the 60s of the last century. So Baumbuck shot his 'Marriage Story', inspired by the divorce process almost ten years ago with actress Jennifer Jason Lee. Apparently, Baumbak’s particular pain is gone, and he lives with Greta Gerwig and recently became a father, so it’s time he decided to tell the world his view of the long, agonizing and exhausting journey of spending.
To do this, he took Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson. According to the plot, he is a successful theater director and is preparing to put his play on Broadway, she is a good, talented actress who decided to leave New York, where she lives with her husband, to Los Angeles, where she was given the main role in an ambitious project. This was the impetus for the split within the once beautiful creative family. I must say that it is better and can not come up with for ' Marriage Story' because Johansson really at one time tossed between these two cities, building her career. It is possible that Baumbuck specifically slightly adjusted his script to 'Marriage Story' to make it easier for Scarlett to embody the image, taking an example from himself.
And they play Driver and Johansson on top. Their scandal and stands before the eyes, and whiplash resentment, turned into uncontrollable anger and ringing in the ears, it was really scary, as well as realistic. I wish there had never been such scenes in my life. Supporting actors do their job well. For example, Laura Dern for the role of the lawyer of the heroine Johansson in the divorce proceedings, received ' Oscar' and, I must say, quite deservedly, such a bitch should still be searched for, her arrogance, the desire to sting and literally trample the opponent, her ability to unbalance any two phrases - it costs a lot, but living with such a snake next to you - extremely dangerous, can let the poison instantly. Good and Ray Liotta, but in expression he was inferior to Laura Dern, but this, once again, the merit of the actress herself to convey the character that destroys everything.
And a special mention deserves the final tape. No, I will not tell you what happened there, but it was worth reviewing it several times, because it gives you the opportunity to believe in people, to believe that they have already regretted all the insulting words, threats, claims expressed earlier, and another person was able to forgive for it. In general, ' Marriage Story' is a story about many people, about married couples, told in a bitter syllable, but at the same time giving everyone the philosophical idea that in some places you need to restrain yourself and be able to listen to your soulmate. And Baumbuck was probably going to say: 'Be happy!' which I sincerely wish you all. And the film is worth watching, it really is Baumbuck’s best work at the moment, and Driver, Johansson, Dern and Liotta make the tape meaningful and so social.
'Marriage Story' — a new work by Noah Baumbuck, which was once squeaking all over the Internet — and, I must say, did the right thing. Noah you may know by 'Mrs. America', 'Miloy Frances' (director) and 'Incomparable Mr. Fox' (writer), or you may not know at all, because in Russia he is not so popular. But in general, Noah has already gained his niche fame and a certain number of fans around the world, although it seems that he deserves more.
The main characters in the film are Charlie (Adam Driver) and Nicole (Scarlett Johansson) – a married couple on the verge of divorce. Charlie is a theater director who once came from the province and almost conquered New York. Scarlett is an actress from Los Angeles who left her film career for her family and roles in her husband’s theater. The film begins with a touching description of each of the characters in the voice of the other, and for a second it seems that the next two hours you will watch a light melodrama about a strong and loving relationship, but do not let yourself be fooled!
Very soon we learn that this was just an exercise session at a marriage psychologist, and Charlie and Nicole are actually not so rosy - they are going to divorce. Nicole loses herself as an actress and wants to return to her native Los Angeles, and Charlie does not hear his wife (or does not want to hear?) and strives to conquer New York with her talent. Despite all this, Charlie and Nicole really love each other and, it would seem, should be able to agree. But Noah and the brutal reality leave them no chance: Scarlett decides to file for divorce and hires a lawyer (the beautiful Laura Durn), after which the couple are involved in a complex divorce process.
I think Noah Baumbuck is Woody Allen, a healthy person. The same lively characters and completely ordinary scenes from life, the same well-written dialogue through which the director manages to convey the doom of the relationship and the impotence of Nicole and Charlie. But at the same time, Noah, unlike his more eminent colleagues, does not impose anything and does not drown the viewer with streams of self-admiration.
I have to admit, after this movie, I’m a fan of Adam Driver. The SW flew by me, but here Adam's play hit the heart, so I didn't even know when it happened. At the same time, the game (unrealistically beautiful!) Scarlett liked it less: when her monologue began, for some reason I constantly imagined how this scene was filmed, and I did not completely believe her. What a Laura Dern! The bad-ass woman we all miss so much.
Overall, Noah made a great film about how love alone may not be enough, and that’s a very important message. Pop culture for many years has imposed on us the idea ' the second half': you just need to find it, and everything else will work out somehow. Baumbuck gently objects and slowly carries his thought through the whole narrative, without taking the side of Charlie or Nicole and pointing in the face of the obvious morality, for which I say to him a separate ' thank you'.
If you, like me, love movies about relationships and just people and their problems, you should run and watch. However, it is necessary to watch everything at least for the sake of being aware of what is happening in modern cinema, and also to know that you can never file for divorce (or get married?) in Los Angeles - I have never seen a more indifferent legal system of divorce.
Noah Baumbach is known not only as the creator of a good author's film, but also as a member of the famous creative tandem Wes Anderson-Baumbach-Gerwig, and he is also married to the latter. This trio, of course, pleases the viewer for many years with warm paintings, imbued with positivity and humanity. Baumbach's most recent work in 2017 ' Majrowitz Family Stories' claimed the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2019, the director returned with a very personal picture 'Marriage Story', released on Netflix and nominated for a number of international film awards.
The plot of the picture introduces the viewer to the main characters - theatrical director Charlie and his wife - actress Nicole, who are in the process of divorce. Torn between family drama and work, the characters will have to go through seven circles of hell divorce proceedings in the fight for their son.
Inspired by his own sad experience with a similar process with his ex-wife Jennifer Jason Lee, Baumbach has produced, according to critics, one of his best works. And the story really looks very personal: lively emotions and breaking are accompanied by an excellent game of Driver and Johansson, who got rid of black latex for the sake of a real movie. And Laura Dern was even awarded an Oscar for her equally significant acting contribution. However, on the other hand, the picture is remembered by a rather weighty timekeeping and a complete lack of dynamics as such, which necessarily affects the perception of the picture not in the best way. As well as the fact that on the one hand the film could be very close to the viewer with its mundane and familiar problems, but also far from it, primarily due to the fact that not everyone will understand and close emotional impulses of the creative intelligentsia, as well as the reasons for their disagreements, including the truly Allenian dilemma of the spirit of cities. In some places, the picture seems so personal that during viewing the viewer can visit the very feeling of awkwardness when you are an unwitting witness to the family quarrel of close friends at a joint dinner and not everyone will want to get into this conflict.
Pros: cast, acting.
I would like to break this film down into several layers.
The first layer is directly the events of the film, namely the divorce process. Nicole and Charlie, played by Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver respectively, initially plan to resolve everything peacefully and without the involvement of lawyers. But Nicole breaks this agreement for lack of determination to voice her real desires by hiring a lawyer. The heroes decide to destroy the wall out of understatement and hidden grievances by the hands of their lawyers. They disassociate themselves from their own claims and insults to each other. This isolation is largely the reason for the destruction of their marriage.
Layer two: behavioral. Who was Nicole before she met Charlie? Charlie didn't make the decisions for her, but did she make them for herself? Judging by the scenes at the beginning of the film, her mother is just as oppressive as Charlie. Is the choice of an actress’s profession accidental? After all, actors work under the direction of the director and often make decisions for them. Thus, Nicole continues to follow the pattern learned from the family circle, as this is the only experience available to her. And Charlie? Nicole rightly accuses him of selfishness. But could he have been different? Background in the form of a dysfunctional family environment and early recognition and commercial success in the professional field are components of his pattern of failure. He's used to deciding for himself, because that's the only way he could go without outside support. It turns out that the “actress” and “director” are not just professions, but also their models of behavior. And all the more significant is the fact that after the divorce, Nicole changes direction in her career and becomes a director.
Third layer: empirical. Probably, everyone at least once in my life had the thought: if I could turn back time, I would not do this / would not communicate with this / would not do this. But can we be sure that without this experience, we would be the same as we are today? And indeed, how could Nicole have learned a new pattern of behavior had it not been for her encounter with Charlie? There is no denying adulthood, including motherhood. While Nicole’s changes were more likely to occur during the marriage, Charlie’s “breaking the pattern” occurred during and after the divorce. The conditional “benefit” for him of this experience remains outside the framework of the film.
The fourth layer is visual art. At some points, the film complements the metaphor of the "actress"-"director" with scenes staged almost theatrically with elements of the play, then almost a musical. Another visual trick: at the time of a quarrel between the main characters, you can see how the size of the frame increases in proportion to the increase in emotional tension. The cast is beautiful, you can see that without me.
In conclusion, I would like to say that it is impossible to say exactly which of the two is to blame and that it will not work either. It is still possible to consider a destroyed marriage by means of analysis, but to explain the reasons for the appearance of love between them, and indeed between anyone, the task, as for me, is insoluble.
I wanted to see this movie because of the rating and reviews, but after watching it I even forgot about it. And so, half a day later, I remembered and decided to understand what the film was about (during watching, I was waiting for it to end), what emotions I caused and realized that I could not say anything good.
The film raises questions of love relationships, the difficulties of family life, about the divorce process, how to resolve this peacefully and not “harm” the child. Questions are raised, but the execution is simply terrible.
There is no love between the main characters. It's the love between a theater director and his lead actress, I expected a storm of passion, a storm of emotion, actually two and a half hours looking at sour and monotonous faces. They might as well be Charlie, the director of a restaurant who is losing money, and Nicole, his right-hand man, the administrator, though that would be more logical. The fact that Charlie is a brilliant theater director can only be understood by the reviews of his troupe and acquaintances, and Nicole does not look like an actress who starred in the lead roles. Characters in general turned out to be very tight, uninteresting and monotonous, they do not empathize.
The second thing is that they have a relationship that we understand from the first minute of the film, but it’s not clear until the end of the film how they’ve lived together. One gets the feeling that they haven’t talked to each other at all these years, especially when by the end of the film you realize that their relationship problems began before the wedding.
Third, from the beginning, they decide that they will divorce peacefully, but then something goes wrong and the question is WHY? No one can answer that question, not even Nicole, who started it. It seems that she does not understand what she is doing, but it is necessary for the plot, that is how I perceived it.
Fourth, they have a child who is 8 years old. They read him books at night, play board games with him, but at the same time he does not know how to read, and does not know how to play board games, he should be praised when he goes to the toilet. And he is so indifferent to the divorce of his parents that even a little afraid, maybe he is not all right.
In general, the film is rather boring, the characters are ill-conceived, there are a few moments in the film that could be cut and nothing would have changed. The movie teaches nothing. Although..talk, in a relationship you always need to talk and solve problems! They didn't, so they got a "marriage story."
5 out of 10
The couple - New York theater director Charlie and his theater actress Nicole - are in the process of divorce. Charlie arranged everything in their marriage, but Nicole believes that she lost herself and, taking her son, moves to her mother in Los Angeles. There, she was offered a role in the series and advised a high-class divorce lawyer. Now Charlie will also have to find a lawyer, as well as torn between the West and East coasts to continue working and spending time with his son.
'She is decent, she cuts our hair, she plays with her son, she is gambling, she is brave, she is kind, she traded a movie in Los Angeles for a theater in New York ...' - wrote in his personal letter about his wife Charlie before the divorce.
'Charlie is fearless, he is neat, he is self-sufficient, he does not give up, he has his own taste, he is organized ...' - lists the personal qualities of her husband in his personal letter to Nicole before the divorce. Charlie and Nicole are a young, married couple who have found each other in hot Los Angeles but have moved to live in cloudy New York. They have a son, a favorite job, and it seems that there is nothing more to want. But still something is missing, and what color the cat ran between them - they absolutely do not know. It is a pity to see such beautiful and young parents who may not know what they are doing. After the announcement of the divorce, Nicole begins to star in the series in Hollywood (secret dreams of cinema are gradually realized), and her mother says that she occasionally meets with the former lover & #39; - husband - Nicole's father. Charlie follows the theater and the troupe, in which there are not only colorful & #39; actors, but also an assistant with whom he slept several times. Both turn to 'Dear' lawyers they don't seem to need. In the office of Charlie's lawyer, a colorful man, lies a pillow with the inscription: "Eat, drink and remarry!" & #39;. Being divorced (when Henry’s son begins to live between his father and his mother), the family is nicely involved in Halloween – Charlie tries on the image of the Invisible Man & #39, and Nicole is one of the images of musician David Bowie. Throughout the film, we see a warm relationship & #39; father and son who are sweet and touching. The meetings with Nicole are sad and charming, in which, it seems, nothing can be fixed.
Director and screenwriter Noah Baumbach creates a strong, and perhaps benchmark family tragicomedy with a timeless story about young parents and divorce, with a very subtle psychology (especially in the editing of the film) in the spirit of prose Richard Yates. If Baumbach had written a book based on his own script, it would have been no less spectacular. Scarlett Johansson plays essentially 'myself' - an actress torn between theater and cinema - and this is an atypical and profound image for Johansson herself. Adam Driver delivers perhaps her strongest work in years, well, and the gorgeous Laura Dern on ' second roles' also not far behind. New York, hipsters, theater, Broadway, LA, soft and lamp color correction frame, drama and ' convex & #39; images of human loneliness. It’s impossible not to fall in love with this movie, even if it’s about divorce.
History, of course, for many everyday: a couple who loved each other incredibly many years, decided to divorce.
The beginning of the picture from the first minutes reveals to the viewer the love and affection that the characters feel for each other (by omitting the fact that Charlie indicates in his wife male traits, which he calls ' sexual' and Nicole, respectively, female). And the logical question arises: what exactly happened in their lives?
There weren't many reasons. Moreover, the most obvious of them – treason – was the significance of the most recent divorce. Nicole poured out her emotional experiences, eventually exposing herself as a person with an inflated HCV: she became the shadow of her husband, although she was previously a promising actress. Nicole herself says that ' did not use her opinion ' probably because she already lived well.
Even considering that with age (or because of Charlie’s infidelity), she began to change and demand respect for herself, there is nothing easier than to talk cornily. No, Nicole never talked to her husband, never tried to solve the problems that were bothering her. Maybe if you could point out that little scene in the movie where Charlie didn’t want to listen to his wife, didn’t react appropriately, etc., the story would be better described. And the constant hints to the viewer about Nicole’s prerequisites for making such an important step are very bad.
Charlie was a bad husband and a bad father. Nevertheless, everything could have turned out much better if the writers did not put bad morals into the story: Love is love, and their priorities are above all else.
The same theme is well covered in 'Hitchcock' 2012, where a couple who needed each other found the strength and wisdom to solve problems and stay together. The same picture teaches nothing except indulging in your momentary desires.
This movie was very difficult for me. Often I had to pause the viewing and go for a smoke break. I opened a bottle of wine and was able to see it. Noah Baumbuck filmed the extremely disgusting and unsightly story of the divorce of two good people who still love each other, but can no longer live together.
The lists that Nicole and Charlie wrote at the beginning, but never read each other, clearly demonstrate the love of the couple, which they simply can not show. Because it happens. Because it's life. We lie a little, we don’t say a little, we push the interests of the second half a little bit. And now you realize that the person you love more than life becomes a complete stranger.
The child in this equation is put out of brackets, since he is just an excuse to interfere in the case of lawyers and complicate an already difficult situation. And so, Nicole and Charlie are not easily separated, and pick up each other’s dirty laundry, shout and hate. From love to hate, as they say.
The movie has a big problem. It consists in the fact that the problems are not solved here and no attempts are even made to solve them. The characters do not change throughout the film. They are what they were when the divorce started. But, as it seemed to me, it was not the laziness of the writer, but a special reception to ' everything is like in life'. Nobody changes in life, right? True, but in the movies you want to see that heroes can change. 'The Road of Change' will be closer to me in this respect.
Noah Baumbuck showed how it can be, even when everything seems great. The importance of life ' trifles ' and heart-to-heart conversations with your soul mate is clearly shown. Any house will collapse sooner or later if it is not monitored. As it happened to the characters Scarlet Johansson and Adam Driver. Nothing can be done because the house itself has collapsed. You can try to build a new house, but most likely it will not be as wonderful as the previous one. It is better to sell the land and move to another place.
I didn’t like the movie, but I can’t deny that it’s done damn well. Operating, directing, editing, actors, script and music. Everything in this film inspires respect and is pleasant to the eye. So abstracting from my dislike of the very topic raised in the film, I would have safely put 10, but... there is always one but! It's not clear why, throughout the film, Charlie was carefully made more guilty than Nicole. And in the end, he stayed that way! Nicole was shown as a martyr and Charlie as a pig. Was it some kind of curtsey for women's rights? That point remained unclear to me. Please don't make politics in movies! It's already too much. .
I wouldn't advise anyone to watch. Not my movie. But the film deserves high marks and its place on the shelf of world cinema. It's unlikely I'll reconsider it. So I leave my little 'fi' here, evaluate and move on. I'll revisit how I 'The Road of Change' yes...
39 But people don't accept the same weaknesses in their mothers. We do not accept them structurally or spiritually. Because at the heart of our Judeo-Christian culture, Mary is the mother of Jesus. She's perfect! She is a virgin who gives birth to a child, steadfastly supports him and embraces his dead body after his death. Dad's not even there. God is in heaven. God is the father and you can't see him. You have to be perfect. Charlie can be a freak, it doesn't matter. You will always be subject to a higher standard & #39. (c) Nicole.
It's a wonderful movie. Such a true and sincere story. Cinema looks great: it is relevant and profound. The direction here is great, as is the script, and the acting is pleasing to the eye. That rare film from which you enjoy watching and most importantly do not want it to end.
Directed by 'Marriage Story' is an American native of New York Noah Baumbuck. He's a curious writer and director, and he's got a couple of interesting movies. 'Marriage Story', of course, was his triumph and recognition of his work. The director himself knows well what a breakup, divorce and division of a child is, because it took place in his life - a divorce from his first wife, actress Jennifer Jason Lee.
Maybe that is why the film turned out so sincere and deep, it is taken from life, something real. I really liked the choice of actors. The main roles went to Adam Driver (he is now known to the world for three new films ' Star Wars' episodes 7.8 and 9) and sensual Scarlett Johansson. Both actors gave one hundred percent, and when such a good game, it is doubly pleasant to watch the film.
The story of theater director Charlie and actress Nicole. They are husband and wife, and they have a son. Charlie is absolutely happy with their lives, but Nicole realized that their relationship and trust had come to an end. She wants a divorce and moves from New York to Los Angeles to live with her mother. Here she is immediately offered a job, there is an experienced divorce lawyer. Charlie's job and life are in New York City, but his son and his upcoming divorce keep him flying to Los Angeles. The real war begins in the division of the son and the rights to him. . .
A deep film, with such wisdom, a certain calmness and foresight, as if in this story there are some secrets of life, philosophical secrets of happiness and simplicity. You're very worried about both heroes. During the film, everyone becomes close to the viewer. The most interesting thing is that everyone has their own truth and understands everyone. Is there a way out of this situation?
I liked this story because the main characters are very interesting and beautiful people. They both inspire and carry tremendous power. I loved the emotional scenes of anger with them: the strongest scenes and again great acting. Maybe this film will remind all parents some aspects that no matter what, whatever your relationship with ex-husbands and wives, it should not affect the child, because every child should have a mom and dad.
For Johansson, 2019 was a stellar year. She was finally nominated for an Academy Award for the first time in her long and busy career, and for two films at once. One of them was 'Marriage Story'
Adam Driver also received an Oscar nomination and played with Scarlett on equal terms. By the way, it was from this film, personally for me, that he revealed himself as an actor, and it is clear that he is truly talented. After all, you worry more about his hero. Women are much stronger and adapt quickly, live on, and a man without a family, a wife becomes lost, and like a child.
Despite the inspiring play of the aforementioned duo, they were not given the coveted Oscar, but Laura Dern (playing a first-class woman lawyer here) received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, as well as a number of other awards on her birthday. She is a good actress, and we always remember her from the cult film Spielberg 'Jurassic Park'.
This film is about family, about life, about true values. Also, this picture is about a breakup, and it is always painful, about the fact that the lie will sooner or later end, and the cleansing wave of truth will sweep away everything in its path. And it's also a movie about an official divorce in the modern world, but there are already many pitfalls.
'Marriage Story' is a life drama of 2019. The result, the difficult story was shown purely and atmospherically, deeply and you feel it so well: everything, as in life, is both drama and comedy, and everything looks somewhere with experiences, and somewhere with an elegiac smile.
How hard it is to get a divorce when you have any savings! The apartment issue, which spoiled Muscovites in the early 20th century, reached the American creative intelligentsia. 'Marriage Story' - tells how they met, fell in love, married, had a child, quarreled and finally divorced the theater director and actress. The title of the film would be problematic. Such stories in the news flash all the time, creative people are distinguished by special impressionability and love, so divorces in this environment will not surprise anyone. The value of the film lies in a rather well-realized attempt to show the process of destroying family respectful relationships in a short period of time, when the spouses stop living in illusions, starting to get out everything that has accumulated in their hearts for years. At a certain point, the defense itself becomes a counterattack, and the process of accusations becomes more important than the desire to negotiate. The couple in the film looks quite happy, the husband does not beat his wife, no one goes to drink for a week, there is no atmosphere of hatred and suffering in the house. This makes everything that happens to them seem even more frightening, because you think that if they quarreled so much, then what awaits you in the future? This is what happens when your biggest problem in life is the perceived lack of fulfillment.
The film perfectly worked out secondary characters, whether it is a mother-in-law, an expert on family relations, the sister of the main character or each of the lawyers involved in the fun. Despite the seriousness of the problem raised, the film is full of humor, and some moments make you almost laugh at what is happening. Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson once again proved their level, perfectly reincarnated into complex characters, none of which can be called positive. It’s a good movie to say.
'Marriage Story' is a wonderful vaccination against the desire to divorce, showing that the number of demons living in us sometimes exceeds all our ideas about decent behavior.
We are a New York family, not a Los Angeles family.
What's the movie about? About two people who lost mutual understanding, maintaining a close bond. Pragmatic and self-conscious Charlie. Nicole friendly and temperamental. He's a director, she's an actress. It would seem that everything has a strong relationship, but this is life, not cinema. Now they want to break up without hurting their son, and if possible each other. The film is not a story, but one big event.
Concept. It shows the complex relationships of people who are entangled in their feelings and thoughts (yes, this is fresh:). In a way, the film is symmetrical with Annie Hall (Director Woody Allen). However, Allen has children who find it difficult to overcome their selfish view of the world. Here are adults who feel like children in the face of questions that have no clear answers.
Form. The film is made smooth and stretching. Cool and restrained in New York, warm and free in Los Angeles. Footage of the former family idyll, work and finally: real with lawyers and the question of whose turn it is to walk with his son. Picture with film grain, colors closer to calm. There is no visual drama, it is not in the relationships of the characters. The game is good or satisfactory.
In the end. Grotesque in its realism, the story of how to collect life in pieces, if before you shared it with another person.
Pluses: Deep essence; unused approach; history without villains and heroes; in places cozy, in places beautiful.
Minuses: nothing happens; sometimes a stuffy feeling that you are in the room superfluous; the main topic is not very clearly conveyed.
Who should I watch? All those who are attracted to simple films “about nothing, but about everything”, who are interested in the relationship of people without nuclear warheads and tragedies, who are ready to sit for two hours, watching the main characters try to understand what happened to their lives.
Who can't watch? Difficult relationships do not attract or you are often bored during viewing - definitely do not look, you will lose, but not so much.
The film left a generally positive impression, although I did not experience catharsis. It ended on the note "well, it happens" ...
I watched the movie, I managed it with great difficulty. My own fault, the first time I watched with a girl, the second time I was sleepy and only the third time I managed to master it. The film looks hard, for some it will seem boring. But who said that the film should be action or rapid development and alternation of events? The director in this way weeds out the audience, since the first part of the film is monotonous and there are no actions in it.
Marriage story is a dialogue movie, if you are ready to listen to two and a half hours of complex dialogues and emotional quarrels of a married couple, then you will like this movie. Otherwise, don’t even start.
The story tells us about a married couple. Charlie is a New York theater director, Nicole is an actress of his theater, originally from Los Angeles. They are not experiencing the best period of their relationship and are on the verge of divorce.
The script in this movie is very good. All the characters are well written and interesting. The story is told from Charlie’s side and we see everything that happens from his side. Adam Driver coped with the role and perfectly embodied the image of a selfish, but correct and sensual character.
Laura Dern received an Oscar for her strong, independent female lawyer. I really liked her character and fascinated her. And against the backdrop of terribly dressed and disheveled Scarlet, Laura looked even better, despite her age.
Ray Liotta was awarded only nothing, but coped no worse than his opponent in the script. I remember the moment when he blushed during his speech, trying to win the best terms for his client. He is able to create an image of a scumbag, has not yet lost his talents, even if he is often removed in obvious slag.
Scarlett Johansson played well in this film. Finally, there was a role where she was able to show her abilities and prove that she was ready for serious roles. But still for the Oscar it was not enough, in my opinion, the director underestimated her importance in the script. Her character was the second in the film and to show all his talent, Scarlett just did not have enough screen time. In general, the film almost does not have a storyline on behalf of Nicole. Perhaps there is some sense in this, the movie is so long, and then something else to add, you can overdo it.
The movie is more like an author’s movie, although Netflix made it. In cinemas, it was almost not shown, in Russian-speaking countries at all. The beauty of marriage is in the details. I remember a lot of scenes that you can think about and find something more than acting. The views of the main characters are beautiful, filled with emotions, feelings.
Those who once lived parting with their spouse will not be happy to watch this movie. Drivers love each other, but never learned to live together. Nicole is forced to indulge her husband so that their relationship exists. It creates comfortable conditions for him to be realized both in his profession and in his family. But at some point she realizes she doesn't want it. He wants to live according to his desires and not give in any more.
At the same time, we notice Charlie’s lack of understanding of the depth of the situation, he believes that it is possible to resolve everything peacefully and stay on good terms. It would seem that money can be used usefully and efficiently, but Adam is forced to skew his plan and desires - to lower them to nowhere. I was halfway through the film empathizing with him and the ardent perfectionist in me was bewildered by what was happening. The problem is that there is no understanding. Just like in real life. Couples very often do not communicate properly, create conditions for each other that they do not want. Many develop at a different pace and then to continue the relationship does not make sense, because the spouses grew up and went on different roads, different interests appeared, and passion and youth sooner or later pass.
That’s why it’s so important in a relationship to hear each other and grow together. That’s what the director wants us to do. All problems in the relationship can be solved if you do it on time. But when the moment is missed, even strong love will not help you. /i>
Good movie, with meaning. I recommend it.
Watch it prepared and open. And remember that sometimes it is very important to hear and understand a person. It may be a different view of the situation, but it also has a right to exist.
Love and marriage are as different as heaven and earth. Marriages are said to take place in heaven, but there is more room for love than for family life. After people enter into a union, the wings of their sublime feelings begin to lose their feathers, gradually lowering the lovers to the ground. Few people can prevent this from happening.
Elchin Safarli in his book ': I promised you: wrote: ' I know only one reason for the broken relationship, it has nothing to do with the stamp in the passport. Inexplicable. It all starts with her. Words, emotions, suspicions, doubts are held back, kept inside, rotted. This can go on for several years, then an explosion – and nothing but emptiness.39
Unfortunately, this happens with most marriages. First, we are in the clouds and rush to happiness. And after some time we find ourselves in reality and happiness, perhaps not so quickly, but inevitably dissolves into nothingness. The union collapses like a house of cards. The volcano erupts and its lava kills everything that used to be so close and dear. Loved people become strangers, and at the same time suffer all those who were in their environment, especially their own children.
'Marriage Story' initially perceived as a new Woody Allen film. You prepare for the upcoming interesting dialogues and comic situations, expecting positive emotions. But soon the family life of the heroes turns 180 degrees. Dialogues remain, but the atmosphere of the picture turns gray, and you witness the heavy consequences of understatement.
Looking for the guilty among the two heroes is not just pointless, but blasphemous. Marriage is a relationship between two people who have equal rights and responsibilities. Each of them is doing their part. From its size, presence or absence depends on the integrity of the union and family happiness. There are mistakes on each side.
The film turned out to be pretty good considering it came out of the Netflix pipeline. Pictures with such a plot are rare in the modern film industry and you get satisfaction from this alone. And although the collapse of the family is not an entertaining story, it has its own value, which is whether the characters will find enough wisdom to get out of a difficult situation without plunging themselves and their loved ones into the abyss.
A great role of Scarlett Johansson, who very emotionally and expressively played a woman crossing the line between a good wife and a free ambitious man.
7 out of 10
Of course, it would be better to translate ' the history of one marriage', but let’s leave it on the conscience of distributors, and focus on the essence.
And the bottom line is that this is one of the most vital films about the underside of divorce. Two people who may not have cooled off from each other are trying to remain good people on good terms, and not burn bridges behind them, but everything around them, including the child. Is this possible in principle?
Both Driver and Johansson play very well, and both deserve their nominations for the Oscars 39. This is not 'Valentine' with burnt out faded feelings, and not 'Before Midnight' Linklater, experienced adults. This is - ' War Rose' from which escaped all the touch of comedy and grotesque. This is - 'Falling Down' but about relationships.
'Marriage Story' - a very serious film, with nerves to break. The Driver monologue is one of the brightest film impressions of 2020. I wouldn’t be surprised if he locked himself in his trailer for a week.
Many times we have heard ' I do not recognize this person who was my family' but in this film this idea is elevated to the absolute - like brick by brick, a blank wall is formed that separates from the most close person until recently.
7 out of 10
Strong feelings. Catharsis. The only one you can watch it with if a person likes to shout ' oh my God, what are you doing ' is yourself. Because the temptation to say this without stopping will be very strong.
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If we talk about this film, I will be the first to note that expectations exceeded reality several times. I was promised great characters and a very interesting story. I got a long movie where most of the things I didn't understand. In the first few minutes, the character of the main character is determined to me and she is portrayed at first not perfect, and then almost miss perfection is shown. Here she is a hysterical nirijah, but very loving. Half an hour later, she was loyal, talented and beautiful. Then they tell me that the marriage was terminated because the main character did not support the main character. Then we find out they haven't had sex in their house for a year. Because he has a mistress. Then we are told that despite everything, the protagonist loves his ex-wife. And it's just a set of clichés. If it weren’t for good actors, this movie would be a third-rate movie. But I only liked the main characters. I don't know why Laura Dern won the Oscar. She's just waving her arms and crooking. Such a Mrs. Bean. Watching the movie, I realize that there have been almost no really cool Oscar nominees this year. All hope for 2020.
I do not share the enthusiasm of the film critics. There are a lot of movies from the genre 10 goals cooler and higher.. everything here is superficial, mediocre, drawn out, fake.. I didn't like it!
Nothing is more unpredictable than a change in human feelings.
How long can you live with a person, thinking that you are doing everything great and both are happy with it, and really not imagining that in fact it is not. And this applies not only to your person, but also to yourself. Sometimes it’s hard to look inside your personality. As a result, it is a struggle of two fires, which did not always manage to merge into one flame, but separately they burn even more. And it is much more scary and difficult when a child lives, grows and watches between them. The sincere desires of both parents to raise, improve and love their child stumble and go not only to naught, but also to the minus from the devastating and dehumanizing divorce procedure, when you can no longer imagine how such people could love each other at all, when all the dormant traits of character are exposed.
Not to mention the legal side of the story. It is truly amazing how two lawyers can talk nicely and invite each other to joint events, and after 15 minutes coldly and harshly crush the opponent in court. It's a skill you need to have.
This movie is worth waiting and watching. A film that makes you sit, think for a long time and digest his scenes, comparing the characters with yourself, discovering new things and re-understanding yourself. Excellent performance by both actors; Scarlett opened up completely, she brilliantly plays a quick change of necessary emotions.
The granularity of the picture at first slightly cuts the eye, but then you get used to it. The ending of the film is not good or bad – it is what it should be, what often gets a divorced couple.
A slow movie showing the everyday situation of a bitter divorce that can happen to anyone.
What is worth only one acting Adam Driver and Scarlet Johansson. These two literally carried the whole movie.
Listen to the words of the heroes to each other. Honestly, I have not been able to take sides, and I do not dare to answer who is right and who is guilty.
As for the visual picture or mood that the “marriage story” gives, everything here is both complex and easy. Noah Baumbach masterfully conveyed all the unpleasant skeletons that the divorce process carries, the turn of a perfectionist setting of the frame and the tense atmosphere. I don't remember the soundtrack, sorry.
In general, the film is executed with dignity and definitely has the right to fight for the Oscar.
8 out of 10
In the review on 'The Irishman' Martin Scorsese I touched on the idea that streaming services have a small priority in terms of fresh ideas for the film. All these series, seasons, tapes of three and a half hours. While Hollywood is regularly accused of stagnation and self-repeat, Netflix has pretty good ideas for movies in terms of individual films, although implementation is sometimes limping. In addition, you can allocate money, and then not blame someone specifically for the box office failure of the picture. The rule about sex initiative and initiator does not work here.
'Marriage Story' is an example that if you want to find a viewer for your story, you need to contact a streaming service. If this tape was released in theaters, it would most likely get lost against the background of brighter premieres, despite its potential. Noah Baumbak can not seem to ordinary viewers eminent director, but suddenly the director made a fairly honest movie about such an unpleasant thing as divorce. If I'm not mistaken, Baumbuck previously made the film '' which allowed to look at family discord from the point of view of children. I can not identify all the pros and cons '' for the banal reason ' did not look ' but about 'Marriage history' we can say - the crisis that the couple is experiencing, does not bring any special changes in their lives - they also communicate well, spend time with their son. But this is at first glance.
Yes, it's a rather strange moment that the film is called 'Marriage Story' while talking about divorce. The first scene is positive when Charlie and Nicole talk about each other. He's a talented and ambitious theater director, she's an actress who looks like a good mom, sister and daughter. But the cards were such that they were tired of each other and decided to separate. In the process, it turns out that Nicole has a lawyer, Charlie is forced torn between divorce, his new production and finding a lawyer. The stumbling block between the spouses becomes their son, and you feel an uncomfortable atmosphere with the characters when someone hears ' Don't worry, the whole case will be handled by lawyers' or 'You will lose and you will not be able to see the child'.
The peculiarity of the film is that it resembles a theatrical performance. The camera takes a certain angle, the location is not very small and resembles a scene. And the fact that Charlie and Nicole are intimately involved with the theater gives the impression that their verbal skirmishes are part of the performance. The key detail is also the potential of the actors who performed their roles. Synchronous dubbing does not allow you to feel absolutely everything, but a couple of key scenes in the original cause you goosebumps. What, again, is the merit of Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson. Perhaps for some they will remain Kylo Ren and Black Widow, but to say that they can not cope with dramatic roles, at least silly. Adam Driver, for all my dislike of the new trilogy ' Star Wars', nevertheless, in my eyes looks like a promising actor.
In the plan 'Oscar' these two nominations deserved. Regarding Laura Dern, who played the role of Nicole’s lawyer, I have a lot of questions. As a character, I didn’t see much potential. Perhaps the statuette was given to the actress due to the lack of a proper alternative, although, for example, Johansson’s work in 'Jojo Rabbit' seemed to me also worthy. In short, some murky topic with the title ' Best Supporting Female Role', I better not hit it.
The picture is far from a tearful drama. She is equally funny, tense and sincere. It doesn’t force us to take sides in the conflict between Charlie and Nicole, each of them is guilty in their own way, and the divorce process turns into a competition where the child is the main prize. And of course, a simple morality that stands out so clearly against the background of the ongoing turmoil - learn to listen to each other and be frank with a loved one.
Director Noah Baumbuck (remarkably a native New Yorker) is a famous director of the “hipster” segment of independent American cinema, as well as a co-writer of the scripts of Wes Anderson’s films “Water Life” and “Incomparable Mr. Fox”.
“Marriage Story” for an experienced director was the work in which the author (in addition to the director Baumbuck acted as a scriptwriter and producer) certainly can not be accused of not knowing the material – currently Noah is married to director Greta Gerwig – the author of the fresh adaptation of “Little Women”, which we wrote about in the last issue (the first wife of the director was also an actress – Jennifer Jason Lee, remembered for “The Hateful Eight” by Quentin Tarantino).
For the same reason, the fact of the echoing moods in the recent films of the directors-spouses is no less curious. Both “Little Women” and “Marriage Story”, in fact, remain melodramas, bring this not very revered genre into the space of truly high meanings and strong skill. And, of course, both films were horribly touching.
Baumbuck and Gerwig thus become participants in a new wave of American independent cinema - both Greta and Noah make films in a way that is not customary, and for which they are immediately smeared on the wall in all film schools - that is, with an abundance of dialogue and a lack of external actions. If it were not for the skill of directors, such low-concept projects would certainly be a failure.
The main roles of “Marriage Story” – married couples Nicole and Charlie, tired of each other, are performed by actors Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver, better known to the general public for their “blockbuster” roles. So, Johansson played super-spy Natasha Romanoff in the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (in the spring we will see her solo film).
In "Marriage Story." Scarlett returns to his original role - a strong dramatic actress (recall that in addition to the role of a red-haired spy of Russian origin, the actress collaborated, for a second, with the Coen brothers, Woody Allen, Sofia Coppola, Spike Jones, etc.).
But one Johansson in the story of the divorce would not be enough, and the role of her husband is no less brilliantly played by her partner Adam Driver. The mainstream part of his career is the participation of the artist in the newest Star Wars trilogy as the villain Kylo Ren, and the dramatic part is a collaboration with directors Jim Jarmusch, Martin Scorsese and (wow!) Terry Gilliam.
The balance of forces in this most powerful actor's duet is observed just amazing - both artists have done an amazing job, while never drawing the attention of the audience in their direction.
This amazing balance of work of the actors becomes an important moment for the message and idea of the film, because the whole plot in “Marriage Story” is masterfully presented from the point of view of both its participants – to understand which of the spouses in this film is the main character and from whose point of view we should perceive it – will remain incomprehensible until the very end.
As for the affectionate, even "home" atmosphere of the film, it is not least created by the work of operator Robbie Ryan (nominated for the Oscar for his work on "The Favourite" Yorgos Lanthimos), who shot "Marriage Story" on the 35-millimeter Kodak. However, due to the increased graininess, it can easily be mistaken for a real 16 mm, and the film itself, due to the non-standard style of shooting and the aspect ratio in places, resembles amateur shooting from the 80s or inexpensive retro documentary.
“Marriage Story” is made casually, even quite modestly (not in terms of lack of budget funds, but rather speaking about the “character” of the film), but the goal to be super-impressive picture itself and did not set. The dialogue dramaturgy and the finest work of the actors are doing their job, and it will be much more difficult for a feeling and thinking viewer to get out of this film than to plunge into it.
It is difficult to talk about the financial success of "Marriage Story": with an estimated budget of more than 18 million dollars, a limited release brought Baumbach's film a pitiful 323,000 (fees of "Little Women" Gerwig in the wide world box office, meanwhile, have already exceeded 160 million - however, and it cost twice as much). And Netflix, as always, carefully hides its financial indicators.
The fate of Baumbach's film at the Oscars also developed very modestly - one statuette of Laura Dern from six nominations (Driver and Johansson lost, respectively, to Joaquin Phoenix and Renee Zellweger, and the best film was unexpectedly named South Korean "Parasites").
Greta Gerwig, however, was even less fortunate - her "Little Women" received only one statuette for best costumes (always a nomination for historical films).
By the way, the confrontation of the spouses ('Marriage Story" competed with "Little Women" in several nominations, including - for "Best Film") at the awards ceremony from the Academy was not long ago (the last notable case - James Cameron with "Avatar" against his ex-wife Catherine Bigelow with "The Lord of the Storm" - Cameron then lost), and sitting next to the ceremony Gerwig and Baumbuck looked damn charming. Cinema becomes life and life becomes cinema. This is what happens to talented people.
P.S. If possible, you should move to Los Angeles. They say it is very spacious.
"Marriage Story" Noah Baumbach: How Not to Divorce
Claiming for an Oscar in six categories, the film “Marriage Story” tells, despite the title, not so much the history of marriage as the history of divorce.
Initially, the husband and wife are peace-loving, they are still close, respect each other, but after joining the case of lawyers, everything flies to pieces, and somewhere on the periphery their little son turns, out of love for whom everything seems to have started. That's the plot.
The film “Marriage Story” would be great, if not for one thing – released 40 years earlier film Robert Benton “Kramer vs. Kramer”. It just so happens that Benton’s film is better than Baumbach’s film in something like this.
The heroes of Marriage Story Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern and Egie Robertson play well, sometimes beautifully. Only Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep and Justin Henry played brilliantly. Perhaps the writer is to blame, because where in the “Marriage Story” the spouses actually measure the length of pees, spending a lot of money on it, including from the money set aside for the upbringing of their son, in “Cramers” truly Shakespearean passions raged and the heroes decided what was more important for them – to be with their son or live life for their pleasure, seeking to realize themselves. Perhaps over 40 years, people have just become more self-centered and self-centered, and Noah Baumbach's film simply captures these changes.
In "Marriage Story" external difficulties are practically absent, the characters actually do not have the problem of any choice, for themselves they initially decided everything. All they strive for is to achieve even greater comfort for themselves at the expense of their former partner. As a result, everyone remains in the red. Except lawyers, of course. This somewhat interferes with the audience's empathy, but what to do - a terrible century, terrible hearts.
By and large, the film "Marriage Story" can be reduced to the idea that before throwing huge (actually huge) money on lawyers, try to sit down and calmly negotiate everything yourself. Don’t be too selfish.
Nevertheless, Marriage Story is still a good movie with good acting, decent script and great music, which would seem even better if not for the brilliant predecessor. But Boombach tried and looked decent.
8 out of 10