The movie has enough blinding anger to pull you along, and Perry plays around with one's sympathies by making Henson's character increasingly monstrous, but the pallid dialogue is a constant drag on the story.

Acrimony is presented with a typical filmmaking choice or an absurd one, it goes with the latter.

It's all very entertaining and dumb, the posh settings pushing the drama further into the realm of escapist fantasy.

It's engaging the way Tyler takes us through the lives of his characters. And in the end, it's an oddly satisfying feeling to be left wondering, who really is the victim here