Scenes from a Marriage

A unique achievement. A minimalist, evocative, authentic probe into the heart of a toxic relationship, the distorted emotions and warped personal values of the two leads. Scenes from a Marriage is not only notable for its naturalistically staged emotional scenes and impassioned dialogue, but above all for the fact that it tactfully and subtly takes neither side of the protagonists. Both of them are naked (sometimes literally) in front of the camera, fully displaying their emotional fragility and anger, tears and laughter, love and hate. From a third-person perspective, disarmingly rewarding and true to life. Sometimes it's extremely difficult to "just let go" and Hagai Levi's miniseries tells that story as exquisitely as few. Emotional hell to the sound of monotonous music and static shots of the snowy front yard. Piece of art. (05/25/2022)

Great job with the lead actors, excellent dialogue and loads of interesting, supporting ideas about relationship issues. It seems to be a complex work, it will be interesting to see the next episodes and the development of the main characters. (04/28/2022)

Breathtaking dialogue improvisation in the director's tightly grasped concept of analysing the breakdown of a relationship. Precisely delivered by both leads, the emotions bubble non-stop and when it gets to be too much, Hagai Levi intersperses it with some brief camera shots of a snowy cold Boston, enhanced by a depressingly cut single-note musical theme. Purist, simple, maximally effective. (05/11/2022)

Still a breathtaking palette of emotions and situations written by life itself. The third episode is less intensive than the second, but it remains an experience and an acting masterclass. (05/21/2022)

An all-out emotional inferno that picks up a fiendish pace at the beginning and just when it looks like it's going to keep it up for the whole episode, giving the viewer no room to breathe, the creators kick it up another gear for the second half. Breathtaking, phenomenal, unique achievement are some ways to describe it. One of the most complex hour-long relationship dramas ever made. (05/24/2022)

A conclusion that directly, and in various hints, explains the vicious circle of a toxic relationship and the whole absurdity around it. The last piece in a phenomenal mosaic. More conciliatory and not as expressive as the previous episode, but still suggestive and full of emotion. (05/24/2022)