<em>Malcolm & Marie</em> Isn’t Art. It’s a Meltdown.
The Netflix film has talented stars and gorgeous cinematography. Unfortunately, it’s like watching two sentient think pieces scream at each other.
Some of the most bittersweet, beautiful moments in cinema history have come from rambling, difficult-to-watch lovers’ spats. Quarrels can illuminate the rot in a relationship, and the best films about them illustrate the fine line between love and hate, want and need.
is not one of those films. Billed as a story of a couple’s “romantic reckoning,” the movie, streaming now on Netflix, operates more as an exercise in patience. Malcolm (played by John David Washington) is a hotshot writer-director, and Marie (Zendaya), his girlfriend and muse. The
