While Scott’s science-fiction films are vastly different from one another through their subgenres and visual design, their uniting factor—and thus, Scott’s stylistic unifier—is their emphasis on humanity.

Ultimately, the film promotes a feminist story through the eyes of both a male protagonist and a male filmmaker in writer/director Noah Baumbach; rather than using it for its typical voyeuristic form, Marriage Story uses the male gaze in order to attack the world view it represents.