Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Adam Driver | ... | Charlie Barber | |
Scarlett Johansson | ... | Nicole Barber | |
Julia Greer | ... | Street Solicitor #1 | |
Azhy Robertson | ... | Henry Barber | |
Wallace Shawn | ... | Theater Actor | |
Matthew Maher | ... | Theater Actor | |
Eric Berryman | ... | Theater Actor | |
Mickey Sumner | ... | Theater Actor | |
David Turner | ... | Theater Actor | |
Gideon Glick | ... | Theater Actor | |
Jasmine Cephas Jones | ... | Theater Actor | |
Motell Gyn Foster | ... | Theater Actor (as Motell G. Foster) | |
Raymond J. Lee | ... | Theater Actor | |
Mary Wiseman | ... | Theater Actor | |
Pete Simpson | ... | Theater Actor |
MARRIAGE STORY is Academy Award nominated filmmaker Noah Baumbach's incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together. The film stars Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver. Laura Dern, Alan Alda, and Ray Liotta co-star. Written by Netflix
If you want a feel-good flick, I strongly advise you to reconsider watching "Marriage Story". I am NOT saying it's a bad film, in fact, it's amazingly good. But it's also amazingly realistic....and painful to watch due to the subject matter.
The story is an ultra-realistic story about a marriage that is dissolving...and it's painful because the viewer really grows to like Charlie (Adam Driver) and Nicole (Scarlett Johansson). Like real life, neither character is totally bad and you understand both of their positions during the divorce....but it also is very ugly and awful to see what happens when lawyers get involved. Instead of the amicable divorce they both originally agreed to, it soon becomes ugly....and the pair and their devilish lawyers begin going at each other like pitbulls on a side of beef! Again...this is NOT a criticism...it's realistic and heart-wrenching to watch. I found myself crying during some of the ugliest scenes....and I am sure I wasn't alone in the theater!
Overall, you see Johansson and Driver put on some amazing performances....so amazing that I'd be shocked if they aren't at least Oscar-nominated for this film. Well done in every way...and one of the better movies of 2019.