This is a subtle masterpiece, really, and we couldn't help but feel it may have been based on experiences that were real to Baumbach, whose parents split up when he was young and who himself divorced.
And you're not on the side of Scarlett Johannson (who is beautifully un-made up in a lot of it) or Adam Driver, who have both made mistakes. Both were Oscar nominated but it's Driver who made me cry - twice. The first is the powerful moment where he angrily tells Scarlett that she wishes she were dead - and through the anger you can still tell he's disgusted at himself for saying it. The film and screenplay were also nominated but in the end it was just Laura Dern that won. Good NYC vs LA stuff too.
Merrit Weaver, Ray Liotta, Wallace Shawn, Julie Hagarty, Alan Alda.
Robbie Ryan shot it on 35mm Kodak film, Randy Newman provides the score and Jennifer Lame edited with some great moments like the cutting between them as they close her gate.
For the second time this weekend I didn't realise until taking the screen shot that it was filmed in 1.66:1.
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