Malcolm & Marie

2021
R
1h 46m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

42K

YOUR RATING

John David Washington and Zendaya in Malcolm & Marie (2021)

When filmmaker Malcolm (John David Washington) and his girlfriend Marie (Zendaya), return home from a movie premiere and await his film's critical response, the evening takes a turn as revelations about their relationship surface, testing the couple's love.

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A director and his girlfriend's relationship is tested after they return home from his movie premiere and face each other's turmoil during one long night.A director and his girlfriend's relationship is tested after they return home from his movie premiere and face each other's turmoil during one long night.A director and his girlfriend's relationship is tested after they return home from his movie premiere and face each other's turmoil during one long night.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

42K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins & 9 nominations

Trivia
One of the first films to be written, directed, and completed during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

Goofs
In the bathroom scene, Marie's bath water is clear in the first few shots, but is later seen to be cloudy without her obviously adding anything to it.

Quotes
[Marie walks into the room with a knife]
Malcolm: Marie, what are you doing? Put the knife down, please. Marie?
[she kneels down in front of him and plays with the knife]
Marie: Do you remember those antidepressants I was on? I'm not on them anymore. I'm not doing well. I'm really, really not doing well. I've never been clean. And I don't plan on getting clean. I'm a piece of shit. I'm a liar. I cheated on you. I fucked your friends
[she laughs]
Marie: I fucked your friends. God, I feel like I'm crazy. I've stolen from your mother. And you know what the fucked up thing is? I don't even care. I don't mind. Because I deserve it. Tell me where the fucking pills are. Tell me where the pills are.
[Malcolm struggles to answer, Marie puts the knife down and acts like herself again]
Marie: And that, Malcolm, is what authenticity buys you.
[she flips him off with both hands as she leaves the room]
Malcolm: Well, damn! Why didn't you do that in the audition?

Crazy credits
The title appears 13 minutes into the film.

Connections
Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Failed Oscar Bait Movies of 2020 (2021)

Soundtracks
Down and Out in New York City
Written by Bodie Chandler, Barry De Vorzon
Performed by James Brown
Courtesy of Universal Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

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Review

Featured review

7/10

Cinema is not just about superheroes and explosions....and I'm a huge comic nerd

Let me just sate the obvious first

BRILLIANT ACTING

I love Zendaya she's absolutely outstanding in this film and in general, but if you watch this film for Zendaya only and literally nothing else, you have absolutely no substance and no appreciation for ones art and are clearly ignoring an equally brilliant performance by John David Washington.

Anyone who has a problem with seeing the story of another couple or human emotion either has an unusually stable relationship or has never been in a relationship at all.

I'm seeing so many mixed reviews and the more negative reviews tend to say the same thing with absolutely NO originality. "it's pretentious" "not engaging" "it's just about a couple fighting". You don't have to like the film but at the very least be original in your criticism.

It's clear to me people are losing their sense of realism with being glued to the enormous trend of superhero sci-fi films and unnecessary sequels. Cinema is also about intriguing dialogue with realistic earthly circumstances. Sometimes you need to appreciate a more realistic emotional story.

This film is simple yet at the same time complex as what most relationships are. Human emotion and romance isn't sappy or cheesy one liners you see in sitcoms. It's deep, its raw, its cruel, and it crosses boundaries.

I give it a 7/10 overall it's a good film with excellent acting however the only critique I have with the film is that it remains the same with no unexpected twists or turns revealed.