
Flicks, Amanda Jane Robinson
It’s difficult to divorce this film from Baumbach’s own, real-life relationship with actress Jennifer Jason-Leigh. Where it feels a little egotistical at times, it’s also extremely self-reflective, giving a compassionate look at the tangled intricacies that accrue over a marriage. Tense and bitter in places, funny and tender in others, Marriage Story is a well-crafted study of love and compromise.
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