There have been numerous analyses of the character and relationship dynamics in the new acclaimed film, MARRIAGE STORY. However, perplexingly, there appears to have thus far been no critical scholarship on the most essential element of the film: the Monopoly games. A thread: Adam Driver’s character Charlie is awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, colloquially known as a “Genius Grant.” However, this is a huge plot hole, as Charlie is clearly not a genius given his appalling Monopoly strategy, and the committee would never have offered such an award to him.