Hope Gap dramatizes the end of a marriage and the battle for filial solidarity

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Chris Knight finds much to love in this quiet, timeless drama, not least the sterling work of its cast

In Noah Baumbach’s excellent Marriage Story, Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson play a young couple on the outs, with an eight-year-old son caught in the legal crossfire. But what if they’d stayed together for another 20 years, only to then part? Fighting for custody is no longer an issue, but this opens a new front – the battle for solidarity.

During one of Jamie’s occasional weekend visits, Dad drops a bombshell – he’s met someone new, and plans to leave his wife. Grace is blindsided, but viewers won’t be. Well, aside from the fact that I’ve told you, I mean; the film isn’t about the announcement, but what follows. They’ve been married 10,592 days. Edward’s announcement rolls the relationship clock back to zero.

Nicholson, whose screenwriting career includes work on Les Misérables, Elizabeth: The Golden Age and Gladiator, adapted Hope Gap from his 1999 play The Retreat from Moscow. He’s also the writer of the excellent 1989 play Shadowlands and its film adaptation with Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger.

 

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