Screen Rant

  • The Boys in the Band is 2020's equivalent of 2019's Marriage Story. 1 / 8

  • Both are Netflix movies with Oscar ambitions... 2 / 8

  • While each tells a smaller scale story than other Netflix dramas like The Irishman. 3 / 8

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  • Each also uses its story and relatively few sets more in the style of a stage production... 4 / 8

    Adam Driver holding a trumpet in Marriage Story
  • With both also having stars associated with big-blockbuster franchises in their respective casts. 5 / 8

  • Marriage Story even earned Laura Dern an Oscar for her performance... 6 / 8

    Laura Dern in Marriage Story
  • And Jim Parsons gives his own excellent performance in The Boys in the Band that is just as strong. 7 / 8

  • Overall, there's a great deal of commonality between the two movies. 8 / 8

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