Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story is ostensibly about divorce, but its sharpest insights belong to the blended family in formation . The film follows Charlie (Adam Driver) and Nicole (Scarlett Johansson) as they tear their marriage apart. However, the entrance of Nicole’s new partner (played with quiet decency by Merritt Wever) signals the birth of a new blended dynamic.
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