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Challenging the Platform of Risk-Free Marriage
Reviews of HBO’s remake (2021) of Ingmar Bergman’s Scenes from a Marriage have been lukewarm. While heaping praise on Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac—whose chemistry as a couple can make even divorce seem enviable—critics have questioned whether the five-part miniseries, created and directed by Hagai Levi, really adds anything to our understanding of marriage in modern life.