Marriage Story (Movie Review with Spoilers!)

Soecial guest: Patricia Mizen

Marriage Story is a 2019 American comedy-drama film written, directed and produced by Noah Baumbach. The film stars Scarlett SYNOPSIS  Johansson, Adam Driver, Laura Dern, Alan Alda, Ray Liotta, Azhy Robertson, Julie Hagerty, Merritt Wever, and Wallace Shawn and follows a married couple going through a coast-to-coast divorce.

The project was announced in November 2017, with the cast joining that month. Filming took place in Los Angeles and NYC between January and April of the following year. Released by Netflix, the film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on August 29, 2019, and began a limited theatrical release on November 6, 2019, followed by digital streaming on December 6. It received critical acclaim, particularly for Baumbach's screenplay and direction, as well as its acting (particularly that of Johansson, Driver, and Dern), and musical score.

Marriage Story was chosen by the American Film Institute and the National Board of Review as one of the ten best films of the year. At the 77th Golden Gloves Awards, the film received a leading six nominations, including Best Picture.