Marriage Story

If you want a drama that takes its characters as seriously as its plot, Marriage Story is available in Australia on Netflix, and in the US on Netflix right now. It knows exactly what kind of film it is from the opening scene, and never loses that thread. Its 8/10 TMDB score, built from 7,465 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. Watch it for Adam Driver — one of the stronger performances out there right now. Put it on tonight on Netflix and see for yourself.

Marriage Story arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. Character-driven storytelling at its most effective — Marriage Story earns every emotional beat it goes for. A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes. Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson lead a cast doing genuinely serious work here. It hit screens in 2019. The performances in Marriage Story do a lot of work in the silences between the dialogue. The consistency throughout is what elevates it — not every moment is the best, but none of them are a reason to stop watching.

Viewers drawn to character-driven storytelling will find plenty to sit with in Marriage Story. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch from start to finish. Adam Driver's work here is the kind that gets referenced in career retrospectives. It makes everything else feel thin by comparison.