Marriage Story

2019 Directed by Noah Baumbach

Where there's a love, there's a way.

A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.

Adam Driver Scarlett Johansson Laura Dern Alan Alda Ray Liotta Julie Hagerty Merritt Wever Azhy Robertson Wallace Shawn Martha Kelly Mark O'Brien Julia Greer Matthew Maher Eric Berryman Mickey Sumner Jasmine Cephas Jones Gideon Glick Motell Gyn Foster David Turner Raymond J. Lee Mary Wiseman Pete Simpson Irene Choi Matthew Shear Becca Blackwell Brooke Bloom Hannah Dunne McKinley Belcher III Roslyn Ruff Show All…

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English

Alternative Titles

História de um Casamento, Historia małżeńska, 결혼 이야기, Récit d'un Mariage

drama

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Popular reviews

Review by Karsten Runquist ★★★★★ 23

I hate saying “I’m at a loss for words” as a cop out when writing reviews but I can’t think of a better way to describe my feelings towards this. A dense yet perfect examination of love, what it means to love, what it means to understand, and what it means to feel alive.
Review by Jay ★★★★½ 7

the second time in his career adam driver has screamed at his co-star “do not compare me to my father”
Review by David Sims ★★★★ 14

someone to hold me too close/someone to hurt me too deep
Review by sree ★★★½ 6

charlie: i won the macarthur grant!
nicole: are you in the right headspace to receive information that could possibly hurt you?
Review by katie ★★★★★ 6

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Marriage Story begins and ends with love.
There's anger in between. Rage, confusion, blistering pain, bitterness, grief, and fear. There's moments of friendship that are closely followed with the remembrance of loss, remains of a marriage that once was.
But Marriage Story begins and ends with love. For whatever was in between, whatever tore them apart, there begins the nostalgia of falling for each other. There's always love.
And that is what makes Marriage Story the best film of the year.
Review by Sean Baker 22

Really happy I saw this on the big screen. Weird how films about disintegrating marriages can be so engrossing. Some great ones being Scenes from a Marriage, La séparation (1994), A Separation (2011) Everybody in Our Family (2012)... the list can go on and on.
This is one of my faves of the year and as accomplished as Squid and the Whale, which up to now I considered Baumbach's best.
Robbie Ryan gives the film a sophisticated and unobtrusive style with his 35mm cinematography.
Arricam LT, Panavision Primo Lenses
Arricam ST, Panavision Primo Lenses
Arriflex 435, Panavision Primo Lenses
Watched at Vancity Theater - Vancouver Intl. Film Centre
Review by Patrick Willems ★★★★½ 11

I've never even come close to being married and boy oh boy did this STILL fuck me up! Had a nice long sit alone in a room with my feelings for an hour after I left the theater.
Review by SilentDawn ★★★★★ 11

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What I love about Marriage Story:
To begin, it's a movie about the pain within all people. What partners, in the midst of desolation, will do to protect their own self-interest. How their love is systematically broken down and fractured in the pursuit of monetary/property gain, control over their children, and the cold, ruthless separation of a friendship. Their anguish is lesser at the beginning, but in the midst of lawyers and outside opinions, it expands fruitlessly as they find more reasons to be petty, to ignore the sympathy they once began with. This pain is rooted in not recognizing a shattered dynamic, one seemingly beyond repair, if only for their selfish desires as individuals. What Nicole and Charlie…
Review by Eli Hayes ★★★★★ 52

It will mystify me, ‘till the very end, how certain pieces of art can reach people at such specifically significant times, as if spun down from the sky manually, and at a predetermined moment, by the threads of fate. How much hyperbole can one man use? Except, sadly — deeply, deeply unfortunately — these words may be the least hyperbolic I ever type. I mean every word of this diary entry with the utmost earnestness.
It took each last ounce of energy in me not to leave the theatre; at times, I could barely bring myself to stare at the screen. At others, I realized I was forgetting to breathe. This film is far, far beyond too much: I have…
Review by Lucy ★★★★½ 5

CIFF 2019: film #8
“i’m sorry”
“me too”
an absolute stunner. every line was written with care to seamlessly blend comedy and tragedy together. it sometimes comes off as almost too polished (that SCORE!) but grounds itself once again in the realism of how fast things can go from bad to worse. adam driver is particularly good, but my favorite performance has to be laura dern, getting to stretch her legs here with material much better than what big little lies season 2 gave her
a few key scenes in this are so dramatic that the outcome with these skilled actors going toe to toe is almost unbelievable. the calm always returns, but the thunderous dialogue is still ringing in my ears. this isn’t my favorite film of the year, but i have to admit that it’s pretty fucking close
Review by BRAT ★★★★ 29

Noah Baumbach’s latest feature is a heartbreaking AU in which actress Gena Rowlands divorces her director husband John Cassavetes in order to move to LA and further her film acting career. FINE, IT’S NOT REALLY AND I’M JUST PROJECTING, but the staging and direction are jam-packed with influences derived from mid-century art-house cinema, from the raw fervor of Cassavetes dramas to the florid, verbose monologues of Ingmar Bergman. In one scene, Nicole (Scarlett Johansson) meets with divorce lawyer Nora (Laura Dern), and their lengthy conversation is framed similarly to those famous profile shots from Persona (1966). It’s a nice allusion, but one that doesn’t really contribute anything story-wise. Is Baumbach suggesting that Nora and Nicole are one and the same,…
Review by iana ★★★★½ 9

somehow transcendental and deeply, painfully human. adam driver is raising the bar like no one else.

Recent reviews

Review by Hope ★★★★

Who do I need to speak to about Adam Driver's lip quiver making me horny?
Review by Feisha Permanayadi ★★★

screaming and shouting, dancing in the rain. Its 2 am and im cursing ur name!
Review by brayan davis dias ★★★★★

Love is still love, even when it's over
Probably Noah at his best
Review by kdbeth ★★★★½

I cried in front of my housemate the second time in a week
Review by natalie martyn ★★★★★

i just love it so much.
Review by rodriguezsalma ★★★★★

Tears everytime I see this movie. One of my favorite movies of 2019, although I’ve never experienced having divorced parents I think it’s a great love movie about a struggling family. Amazing movie 👍
Review by luizinho ★★★★

nunca vou casar e ter um filho com a scarlett johansson que saco.
Review by Aidan Ross ★★★½

First things first, why the hell did Laura Dern win Best Supporting Actress for this? She was just fine in her time on-screen, and she’s barely on-screen. The last like 45 minutes of this movie are amazing, 10/10, but the first hour and a half is just alright. There’s so much buildup that it gets a little boring after a while. The performances from Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson in this are amazing though. The little kid is really fucking annoying. The argument scene is just amazing and the ending really ties everything together nicely. Maybe my problems with the movie lie in the fact that it’s about marriage and trying to hold custody of the kid, which I cannot…
Review by sydney_sm_th ★★★★

my boyfriend & I share very similar characteristics to the main characters. I hope this isn't how we end up. 🥺
Review by clairesmieszny ★★★★

Me, out loud multiple times: good for her.
Review by fardeen fardeen ★★★★

too close to home 😔
Review by Oliver ★★★★½

for the first act i was just fucking mad at how shit the communication was between the two characters, marriage-wise. second act i just took everything in as a propaganda film against shit relationships with shit communication. and all i can describe for the third act is, 'darn'.
wished i watched this in a proper setting like on a really comfy couch at night with dim lights, rather than sitting on some fucking desk chair on a 13 inch laptop screen while my headphones are squeezing my head.