Historia de un matrimonio

Es como cuando te olvidas de que estás viendo a un actor, a una película, y estás viviendo con devoción la situación que viven los protagonistas. Una película sobre relación basada en diálogos, que también trabaja valientemente con la cámara y el montaje para contar la historia. La primera confesión de Scarlett a su abogada es quizá la escena más brillante de la película. Una actuación al nivel impresionante de Naomi Watts en la escena de ensayo de actuación en Mulholland Drive. Luego está la escalada de montaje con un acercamiento gradual a los rostros tensos en el argumento con un clímax en el que se dice lo peor y luego hay que arrepentirse. No habría sido lo mismo en el teatro sin los detalles faciales. Unos diálogos tan auténticos y unos personajes tan fieles que debió de ser un éxtasis creativo interpretarlos. Y no son solo Driver y Scarlett los que patinan aquí. Laura Dern vuelve con fuerza a la pequeña pantalla, y Ray Liotta compensa su ausencia en El Irlandés en una pantalla aún más pequeña. Como lo mejor de Woody Allen, con un toque de corazón en La La Land. Para mí, un inevitable Oscar al mejor guión. (24.12.2019)

Dokonalost sama. Hace mucho tiempo que no veía una película que capturara tan bien la dolorosa realidad. Los espectadores que han pasado por algo similar, ya sea en menor o mayor medida, apreciarán especialmente la película. A mí me provocó una reacción tal vez no deseada, tuve que reír a carcajadas en voz alta, aunque esa risa fue agridulce. Las escenas con abogados y tribunales son, en mi opinión, acertadas y aplicables en todo el mundo, y un divorcio puede hacer que un tribunal pierda una buena suma de dinero, especialmente en los Estados Unidos, donde todo puede girar en torno a la jurisdicción local. Las actuaciones de Scarlett y Adam son impresionantes, desde mi perspectiva, la pelea aspira a ser una de las mejores escenas de pelea de todos los tiempos, gracias a la intensidad y al magistral retrato de cómo una persona puede gritar cualquier cosa en un arranque de ira, algo que nunca diría en circunstancias normales. En los papeles secundarios, me llamó especialmente la atención Ray Liotta. (29.11.2020)

All unhappy marriages are similar ... Baumbach has always had a weakness for overusing “Allen-esque" features; from New York to neurotic characters to a whirlwind of words filling 110 percent of the running time. But in the end, it has always been more about those too excessive emotions and solving deeply-rooted problems through paper-rustling nonstop dialogue than it was about the characters. Which is not the case this time, because the central married couple are “lifelike". Yes, Baumbach keeps Driver at the level of “continue playing Sackler in Girls" and Johansson as Woody himself styled her a decade ago, but that doesn't really matter, because they're both completely accurate and do a very good job of handling tense scenes full of big emotions in the form of a “devastating spiral" in the sense of "now we're not even pretending to resolve anything or arguing to release tension; we're just trying to hurt each other by saying stuff that we don't really want to say and can't take back", as well as quiet moments of mutual understanding and respect. The whole movie is about the two lead actors' performances. There are no weak moments, as their acting remains outstanding throughout the film. Their performances are confident. In addition, Baumbach has become an experienced screenwriter and director. His previous films would give the one-dimensional supporting “relief" characters, who bring a pinch of humor and farce (mother, sister, lawyers), a much greater role, which would have ruined everything in this film. The only moments when Marriage Story stumbles is when it sometimes comes across as “a documentary record of the end of the official and personal level of a long-term relationship". As a result, Marriage Story is a chronicle of the purgatory called divorce. And that in itself is so telling that there is no need to say anything else. (07.12.2019)

I've despised and hated this film for a long time and with that I apologise and now award it a rightful five star rating. it's a powerful experience and one of the highlights within the genre. The film could also work as a stage play, it's built entirely on excellent performances. Johansson and Driver both give career-best performances, but it's also nice to see Laura Dern in a very strong role as a sharp and tough lawyer. The film has a longer running time, but it immediately draws you in with intelligent dialogue and I didn't blink for the entire film. Probably the most detailed film of one of the most difficult chapters in life that you just don't want to experience, especially if you live in the USA. Once the film switched to the battle of the lawyers and the trial, I was on a cinematic high in pure cinematic perfection. There are scenes that had such a big and powerful impact on me that I'm anxious to watch them again. I forgot to breathe during the scene where their argument culminates in powerful anger. A really perfect, suffocating and unpleasant film. 10/10. (18.07.2022)

Quite a mind blowing psychological family movie. There hasn’t been such for a long time with actors that you want to see in some thrilling pose. For example, Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson are great partners. There is a great chemistry between them as well as between Ray Liotta and Laura Dern, their lawyers. It was quite hilarious how the problems of their clients piled up all at once. Personally it was Alan Alda who made me happy with his nice role, but it was a pity that his role was inconsequential. He didn’t deserve that. Still I have to say that some scenes from this movie, including the fight between Adam and Scarlett where some things should have been left unsaid, are among the top performances and it is worth seeing and it is really worth it to live the story with the characters. Dramatically among the best of the contemporary cinema and the director Noah Baumbach’s best movie so far. (25.12.2019)