Marriage Story · Film
What Charlie loves about Nicole
Charlie's opening letter: a montage of the small, specific things he admires in Nicole, from jar-opening to giving up a film career for his theater.
Charlie Barber & Henry Barber
A father learning to be one on alternate weekends. 6 scenes together, in story order.
6 moments · 17 min · by Favseen
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What Nicole loves about Charlie
Nicole's answering letter: how Charlie eats, dresses, cries at movies, loses at Monopoly and builds a family out of whoever is around.
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Get in the car: the booster seat and the ninja
Charlie cuts his hand on an uninstalled car seat, snaps at Henry to get in, then learns the handmade Frankenstein has lost to a store-bought ninja.
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Nicole cuts Charlie's hair
Charlie comes over to fix a stuck gate during a blackout; Nicole notices he's getting shaggy and, like old times, cuts his hair while Henry sleeps.
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The evaluator visit and the knife trick
With the court evaluator watching dinner, Henry begs for the knife trick, reading practice goes badly, and Charlie's demonstration draws real blood.
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Henry reads Nicole's letter and Charlie finishes it
Henry sounds out the list Nicole wrote for mediation; Charlie takes over reading and reaches the lines she never let him hear.