The Truth About Marriage

The Truth About Marriage

I really like Roger Nygard's work and hope he continues making movies. This movie was both good and not great. Roger's insightful questions and enthusiasm about the topic of Marriage and advice and perspective from his friends about their marriages and relationships were top notch. The generally self proclaimed "Experts" on relationships, on the other hand, were a mixed bag, leaving the viewers wondering how anyone in their right mind would listen to or pay for their advice. Would have been a better movie if Roger had focused more on his friends and his personal marital experiences.

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As a young millennial man, the question of marriage, kids and the whole traditional life is something that I think about a lot. Is it feasible money wise? Timewise? Is it sensible? In Nygard's film, we are given access to a wide breadth of people - relationship experts, evolutionary scientists, sex therapists, and of course real people in relationships who tackle the big questions surrounding Marriage. The film exposes both the highs and the lows, while also illustrating more modern, atypical relationships too, all while keeping a great sense of humour about it. Fun, insightful, and truly illuminating, this is the kind of movie you may want to rewatch and will definitely want your friends...or maybe even Significant Other to see :)

I had the pleasure of seeing The Truth About Marriage at the LA Film Festival back in 2019. I didn't know what to expect going into it but it turned out to be by far my favorite documentary to screen that year and one of the overall funniest movies I've seen in years. The film is educational, witty, punny and laugh-out-loud enjoyable at times. At only 80 minutes it moves at a great pace and there's never a dull moment. The filmmaker arrives at some obvious and also some not-so-obvious and surprising conclusions, which help dive the entertainment factor. Did I also mention it's hilarious? Overall this is a 10/10 and I highly recommend it.

Roger Nygard's The Truth About Marriage is fun, satisfying, insightful, laugh-filled and sometimes uncomfortable and surprising -- much like marriage itself. From the wacky and perplexing (sperm wars?) to the levelheaded, Nygard explores virtually every angle of marriage, revealing lots of worthwhile advice to keep marriages from imploding. He also introduces us to some pretty interesting couples, exploring how and why their relationships either worked or didn't. The greatest irony is how Nygard, who never married, became an expert on marriage, but his outside-looking-in approach to marriage somehow works -- and works really well.

Roger Nygard does it again bringing us another unique and insightful documentary all about the union of marriage. We follow Nygard's journey to unlock the history of marriage as well as other nonconventional relationships, and all the tips and tricks to making it work. Being a woman who has been married, divorced as well as engaged twice, I have gained a library of useful advice to put forth in my current personal relationship. As always, Nygard's film flows beautifully not only educating us all on a subject that is extremely relatable to the population, but it's his witty and light-hearted charm that makes this documentary stand out from the rest. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who is married, divorced, engaged, or simply just curious what marriage is all about. Keep those documentaries coming Roger!

I have watched every one of Roger Nygard's films and have come away impressed each time. He is a master at combining wit and insight, showing you the human condition in all its absurdity and sparing no one, except maybe himself. With his latest, The Truth About Marriage, Nygard has given this hallowed institution the same critical eye you'd expect from an alien visitor with a scorching sense of humor. I loved this film, despite being a happily (I think?!?) married man. His best to date.

We live in a world where more than half of Americans are getting divorced. This film explores the highly relevant topic of marriage through a humorous, yet logical and critical, lens. Nygard packs everything you would want to know about marriage into a delightful documentary. I strongly urge you to give it a try if you are married, are getting married, or have ever even thought about getting married.