A Couple Faces The Painful End Of The Line In 'Marriage Story'
Noah Baumbach draws on excellent performances from Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson in a drama about a wrenching divorce.
It's no coincidence that when Charlie (Adam Driver) takes his young son out for Halloween in the new Noah Baumbach film Marriage Story, he dresses as The Invisible Man.
Charlie is separated from his wife, Nicole (Scarlett Johansson), who is living in California with their son, Henry. Charlie still lives in New York, where Nicole and Henry lived too, until they didn't. So now, Charlie comes to LA when he can to see Henry and participate in the divorce that Nicole has initiated in what is now her home state. Charlie wants Henry to live with him; Nicole wants Henry to live with her; Charlie doesn't want to be in LA; Nicole doesn't want to be in New York. This is bad math. It is sad math.
For his Halloween visit, Charlie has gone to a
