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Andy K (10821 KP) rated Marriage Story (2019) in Movies

Dec 7, 2019

Marriage Story (2019)

2019 | Comedy, Drama

8.1

(15 Ratings)

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A bad movie disguised as a good movie

Wow what a disappointment.

I would say for a movie without out of the ordinary cinematography, art direction, costumes, lighting locations, sets or soundtrack; it had better have a good screenplay. And it didn't. I found the dialogue to be unbelievable, corny and not the way real people talk. I'll forgive this on occasion if I am listening to screenplay prose, like Tarantino maybe, where I don't care if his characters go on and on about nothing because the way they say it is so interesting. Here there is none of that.

Divorce is not a pleasant subject and the portrayal of their profession in this film makes them out to be all scum sucking horrible people. I know acting in the best interest of their clients is what they are supposed to do, but the way they twist every conversation or nonchalant occurrence between two people into something that happens to their client's advantage is just horrible.

While watching I was trying to decide if these reasons were why I was not enjoying and that was just not the case.

It's poor writing. The scene that everyone is talking about where Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver yell at each other and become increasingly emotional at the same time is all right, but honestly I felt overacting. I kind of felt that way through the entire film to be honest.

Not sure why this is getting all the accolades it is and am hoping it gets snubbed during awards season (but not likely).

What a disappointment...