Marriage Story (Quick Read Review)

Marriage Story is now streaming on Netflix.

Charlie (Adam Driver) and Nicole (Scarlett Johansson) appear to have the perfect marriage as Marriage Story opens. They live in New York with their 8-year-old son, Henry (Azhy Robertson), with one a talented theatre director and the other an actor. They love their son with all their heart, and their lives are rich in individual creativity, artistic growth and artistic pleasure. But the reality is somewhat different, as we witness the couple slowly separate through poor communication and stifled opportunities. As they separate and divorce lawyers circle the couple like vultures hungry for a meal, Noah Baumbach takes us on a heartwrenching journey into what happens when love ends and anger, fear, and confusion take hold. This is a marriage eating itself in public view, its destruction assured. But the outcomes and legacy of this conflict remain obscure as Driver and Johansson wrap us in a tragic tale of love once found now irrevocably lost.

Director: Noah Baumbach

Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, Merritt Wever, Laura Dern, Ray Liotta, Julie Hagerty, Alan Alda