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Spoilers ahead for those who have not seen this movie.
I hardly do movie reviews because of the complex nature of interpreting such movies without giving away too many spoilers and staying right on point.
However due to the controversial nature of this movie, after seeing it only like a billion times, I decided to do a review.

Acrimony is a beautiful movie no doubt, this movie has turned so many groups in to a battlefield with those siding either Mel, Robert, the family or even outright critiquing the movie.
This movie which has raked in millions of dollars at the box office really gives the audience a run for their money.

Without further ado, let us delve deep into the review; the plot of this movie is about a young lady (Mel) played by the notable Taraji P. Henson who gets fortunate to come into possession of some amount of money after the death of her mother. She meets a young and handsome man (Robert) and from there the plot unfolds.

The story ultimately ends in the death of Mel, after the ex husband marries a lady (Diana) he once had an affair with when he was dating Mel.
So many people believe the man was at fault for not "fighting" for her love, well could this be true?
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The story picks up with Mel narrating all that happened in a deranged state. So I ask the readers, can we expect the absolute truth from someone narrating a story in a deranged state? We were not watching the movie through the writer's eye, but through the eyes of Mel. Robert never had a voice.
Rob and Mel had a history even before the money was involved, he was trying to help her with her failing grades. The sisters were not nice to Robert and it was evident he wanted to prove a point to them.
Throughout the marriage, the guy never cheated, never got drunk nor smoked, never hit her, only thing he was focused on was finishing his dream battery which he believed was going to be successful.
When he transgressed when they were dating and she lost her womb while trying to kill him and the lady by ramming into his trailer home, he begged, atoned for his sin, married her and never cheated again.
She divorced him because she "thought" he cheated on her again after how many years despite his plea that he didn't or maybe she let people mess with her head and ended up with another man WHO WAS ALSO HER EX and was a divorcee. How ironic that people missed those details in the movie.
When he came to sign the divorce paper after being kicked out of the house and living in a homeless shelter while working as a dishwasher for months at a restaurant, he begged her to reconsider because he loved her but she didn't and he left EVERYTHING he owned for her.
He didn't rush into a relationship immediately, he suffered for a while, all the time Mel was having fancy dinner dates with her ex the divorcee whom she was sleeping with. Diana came through for Robert with his deal, and his battery hit. She opened the doors to her house for him when he had no where else and along the line feelings got involved. Why blame her?
First thing he did was to come back to Mel and refund x10 the amount spent, he got back the house and renovated it. The first thing she did before he spoke was to accuse him of wearing a borrowed suit and that "he was trying to impress her" How come no one saw that?

The two questions I have from this are; if he didn't succeed and she had left him, won't people praise her? She wouldn't have come back if he didn't make it.

Second question; are we aware that even the shrink she was seeing also blamed her? The writer left a big clue in that part but sentiment wont let some people see it.

Mel disobeyed a court order simply because he bought Diana the things he had always promised her, things she said she never wanted that he should just "get a job". Who remembers that?
She attempted to kill Robert and she died and he even tried to save her. Does that not show love?

The movie was told through the eyes of a deranged ex wife with the voice of the man on mute.
The only times the writer even had a voice was at pivotal points in the movie (the shrink and the judge) and they all came to a similar conclusion that she was at fault.

This movie is an evaluation of each person's psyche. In my opinion, Robert was not at fault. He simply didn't have a voice to begin with.