I appreciate Malcolm & Marie because it is a new couple's story based on ambition, respect, appreciation, and love. It is not another love story of a failed marriage where "life" got in the way. This film is about the good and bad of loving an extraordinary person with flaws. It shows what happens when two people stay in the room.
I appreciate every pause between their conversations, as if they needed to replay their partners words in their mind before they respond. Those arguments brilliantly lead to the film's conclusion. It was a refreshing way to see an ambitious couple argue and work the problem through.