Scenes from a Marriage - Reviews

...when they burn white-hot, it’s difficult to look away.

...when they burn white-hot, it’s difficult to look away.

...this is a full-on remake that retains much of the basic framework of Bergman’s masterpiece and carries an emotional punch that’s nearly as powerful.

...this is a full-on remake that retains much of the basic framework of Bergman’s masterpiece and carries an emotional punch that’s nearly as powerful.

...relentlessly intimate, focusing almost wholly on the one fracturing couple, with an all-killer, no-filler script that captures the impossibility of either saying or construing anything neutrally once the rot has set in

Bergman, but with smug US liberals.

Bergman, but with smug US liberals.

...[a] high-quality, potent, grown-up drama that takes its time allowing its storylines to spool out.

...[a] high-quality, potent, grown-up drama that takes its time allowing its storylines to spool out.

...relentlessly intimate, focusing almost wholly on the one fracturing couple, with an all-killer, no-filler script that captures the impossibility of either saying or construing anything neutrally once the rot has set in

Starkt, välspelat och riktigt ångestframkallande.

Oscar Isaac och Jessica Chastain gör rollerna till sina egna, hittar en absolut närvarande balans mellan ångest och åtrå.

I det stora hela är dock Scenes from a Marriage bättre än mycket annat på TV och ett klart sevärt alternativ för den som gillar att se par dricka vin och gorma på varandra.

Oscar Isaac och Jessica Chastain gör rollerna till sina egna, hittar en absolut närvarande balans mellan ångest och åtrå.