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- HBO
- Sep 12, 2021
- HBO
- Sep 12, 2021
Summary The marriage between tech executive Mira (Jessica Chastain) and her philosophy professor husband Jonathan (Oscar Isaac) has been slowly falling apart in this five-episode limited series based on Ingmar Bergman’s Swedish series of the same name.
- HBO
- Sep 12, 2021
- HBO
- Sep 12, 2021
Summary The marriage between tech executive Mira (Jessica Chastain) and her philosophy professor husband Jonathan (Oscar Isaac) has been slowly falling apart in this five-episode limited series based on Ingmar Bergman’s Swedish series of the same name.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
70
65% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
35% Mixed
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9 Reviews
0% Negative
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it's an acting tour de force, to be sure, impossible to look away from even when it's almost too difficult to watch. [13 - 26 Sep 2021, p.16]
It is not easy to watch, and you won’t want to do more than one episode at a time. ... Their [Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain's] performances earn Scenes from a Marriage its place at the table.
One does not come to "Scenes From A Marriage" for plot, much of which is absurd. One comes for the acting, which is largely superb. ... Our sympathies have been upended, and the questions left in the wake of it all make for a viewing that's provocative, if sometimes dire.
Chastain and Isaac are the last performers to need a director’s flourishes to enhance their roles.
Updated to the 21st century, Scenes From A Marriage ran aground on the leads’ striking lack of chemistry. An inertness hung in the air between Chastain and Isaac, which made it hard to buy into the idea they had ever been happily married in the first place.
But because the series repurposes so much from Bergman, it would be impossible not to measure it against the original and find the new version somewhat lacking. The performances, as crucial here as they would be in a Shakespeare adaptation, are solid. ... It’s a better-than-average TV show adapted from a masterpiece that you can still watch in the comfort of your all-too-delicately constructed home.
The high-emotion sparring between stars Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain is spectacular and provides some reason for viewers to invest in this stressful series. ... The strangest thing is that Levi seems to be completely aware that he’s remaking this property in the least interesting way possible.
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