Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Norbert Hanny I am relatively new to Bergman, though I have seen his movie about his parents (Best intentions, 1992) and loved it. So I had already had high hopes with 'Scenes from a Marriage', and I have to admit it even went beyond all my expectations.There is a bitter-sweet beauty in all biographical stories that span through decades of the life of a man and a woman. A good example is 'One Day' (2011), an equally good example from my country is 'Love Film' (1970) by István Szabó. We see the same here, share two decades of the couple's life with them. By the end, I got to love them both, and got to love all genuine attempts of us, ordinary people, for a relationship.10/10

valbrazon There are some movies where you already know it's not gonna be good, this one have some proofs of it : the movie is 2h40 long and the story is just focused on a couple. I'm not married so i didn't feel to be concerned in this story.I think you want to know why i watched this movie. Only because i like the director, Ingmar Bergman, i loved his movie "Wild Strawberries" and i also liked "Fanny and Alexander" and "The Virgin Spring". I heard a lot about this one so why not.About this film we are going to follow the normal life of a couple with children there are often tensions and many questions in couples in general like : "Does she/he really loves me? Can i trust her/him?. The thing i blame about this film is it's duration about an uninteresting subject : 2h40 about a couple squabbling is very long. It's not very supportable when you see your own parents squabbling few minutes, so imagine suffer this during a large part of a movie.I think this film would be good for a married couple, or not married though, because it really shows the reality in couples.

tony mcarea This has got to be one of the most realistic, honest, truthful and incisive studies of human relationships ever committed to film. Ingmar Bergman really makes his case here that all you need for a movie are skilled actors and an interesting script. This has got to be one of the best screenplays ever. The level of depth, complexity and nuance to these characters is astonishing, and the performances of Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson more than match the script. Liv Ullmann in particular, is an acting God, and this is instantly one of my favorite female performances ever. The characters just feel so real and complete, and many times during the film I related so much to their trials and tribulations, to their anguish, their fears, their confusion and longing that sometimes I felt like I saw a big part of myself in these characters. It's that personal and that real. The level of intimacy and minimalism achieved by Bergman and DP Sven Nykvist is awe-inspiring. The 5 hours flew by so quickly that when it was over, I was bummed because I would've been more than eager to spend another 5 hours with these characters.Just an amazing, incredibly understanding, moving and perceptive masterpiece.

UnholyBlackMetal Scenes from a Marriage is a film about a breakup. We are not talking about some ephemeral youthful relationship, but a happy marriage of many years between a couple who truly feel they are happy together.Yet cracks become visible, and soon the whole structure comes tumbling down as the once happy couple spends the next 15 years of their lives trying to make sense of it all. The film (aired in Sweden as a 6 part miniseries) is 5 hours of the most intense, painful, emotional conversations ever committed to celluloid. It is filmed almost entirely in close-up with sparse lighting and no music. I have watched it multiple times and by the end of the emotionally grueling experience it feels as though you have lived through each moment Johan and Marianne have experienced, no matter how far from your actual life any one detail might be.That may not seem like the most pleasant viewing experience, but I should add that the film is not quite as harrowing as my description might make it seem. Yes, intense doesn't even begin to describe it, but Bergman has created the film with such honesty that there is no manipulation or unnecessary suffering. Even the immortal Eric Rohmer has never displayed this level of understanding into basic human relationships. Again, there is no manipulation here; Bergman would never stoop so low as to include suffering merely for the sake of additional drama. What is actually present in every second of the film is simply many lifetimes worth of wisdom on love, loss and moving on.There are no easy answers in Scenes from a Marriage. The film is an emotional roller-coaster from start to finish. The person who is handling things the best will just as often have hit a new low when they are revisited down the road. The couple's bond will never disappear and yet they can never be what they were to each other. Old feelings resurface, old wounds reopen, old passions return and throughout it all Sven Nykvist's camera does not flinch. No film has done more with such a stark palate of images.What elevates the film to "second favorite movie ever" level for me is not just the insight into human interaction, though that is my favorite subject matter in film. Scenes from a Marriage is not content to merely show what the loss of a loved one is like, Bergman also has a point beyond a simple documentation of the dissolution of a marriage.By the final chapter, perfectly titled "In the Middle of the Night in a Dark House Somewhere in the World", an epiphany is reached. Johan and Marianne do not necessarily "get back together" or "never see each other again", but a certain level of acceptance is reached. That which can never be understood, which no one can put into words, and which has no solution is somehow grasped in the final scenes of this magnificent movie. Like a fleeting glimpse of the sun from inside a cave, all the mysteries of life and love briefly make sense.While I never leave a viewing of Scenes from a Marriage feeling any less confused about the grand questions of life, I can't help but suspect that for a time during its brief 5 hours I almost had it. What more could any artist want from their viewer?