In many ways, it feels like Noah Baumbach has been working his whole career to get to the point where he could make
Marriage Story. Throughout his nearly quarter-of-a-century of making movies, fractured families have been a recurring element across a number of his works. The concept of people you're supposed to be closest to having deep-seated problems with one another is one that Baumbach's explored plenty of times beforehand, but never in as insightful of a manner as he has with
Marriage Story. Here, the scope is grander, the characters are richer in detail and the emotional moments really hit you in both the gut and the heart. 1995 Noah Baumbach couldn't have made a movie like
Marriage Story that so unflinchingly tackles the complexities of going through with a divorce. Turns out, waiting for him to be ready as a filmmaker was more than worth the wait.
