Margot at the Wedding

2007

Comedy / Drama

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 51% · 164 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 40% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 23373 23.4K

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Director

Noah Baumbach Photo
Noah Baumbach

Top cast

Nicole Kidman Photo
Nicole Kidman as Margot
Jack Black Photo
Jack Black as Malcolm
Jennifer Jason Leigh Photo
Jennifer Jason Leigh as Pauline
Ashlie Atkinson Photo
Ashlie Atkinson as Becky
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850.69 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
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1.71 GB
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English 5.1
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23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by cherold 6 / 10

At times interesting but ultimately unsatisfying

This little family drama starts when estranged siblings come together for a wedding. It's Jennifer Jason Leigh's wedding, but the movie centers on her narcissistic sister Nicole Kidman, who spends the movie quietly and skillfully tearing down everyone around her, including her own child, and the trying to undo the damage with a half-hearted compliment. She is an interesting character who knows she's often cruel and uncaring but simply blames other people for making her realize it.Not much happens in the film, which is all about small moments and Kidman's small-scale destruction. The most interesting moments are those in which Kidman confronts her limitations and flaws, as in the tree- climbing scene or the interview. Jack Black is also effective as the schlub JJL is marrying.I love JJL, but she feels a little overshadowed here. That's understandable, as she plays a relatively normal character.While there were good scenes, the movie never grabbed me, and the ending left me simply wondering why Baumbach had bothered to make this. It all feels so ultimately pointless.
Reviewed by Red-125 7 / 10

A really, really dysfunctional family

Margot at the Wedding (2007), was written and directed by Noah Baumbach. The family in this film makes the family in Baumbach's "Squid and the Whale" look like the the Waltons. They are very strange people. Margot (Nicole Kidman) and her sister Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh) come together before Pauline's marriage to Malcolm (Jack Black). The plot outline refers to Malcolm as "less than impressive." I would agree, although you could make the case that even though he's a loser, he's a lovable loser. (I don't see it, but maybe Pauline does.)Margot is a destructive person. She manages to drag everyone down to her depressed level, especially her son Claude and her sister Pauline. (Claude has problems of his own, but they aren't helped by his mother, who is in turn loving and supportive and then hostile and destructive.)Suspension of disbelief is demanded here. Pauline and Margot have a long talk about how they are no longer physically desirable, and so they'll have to settle for any man that will have them. Has Baumbach looked at Nicole Kidman? I know he's looked at Jennifer Jason Leigh, because she's his wife. Pauline and Margot may have to settle for less-than-ideal men, but not on the basis of their unattractiveness. (Neurosis, yes; unattractiveness, no.)We saw this movie in a theater, but it should work well on DVD. It's worth seeing if you enjoy films about pathological relationships. The acting was solid, and the camera work was interesting. Just don't expect Beaver Cleaver and his family.
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