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- 92 Minutes
- Paramount Pictures
- Language English
- Country USA
- Rated: R
- Format: Widescreen
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- Directed by Noah Baumbach
- Written by Noah Baumbach
- Starring Flora Cross, Jack Black, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nicole Kidman, Seth Barrish, Susan Blackwell, Zane Pais
From Academy Award nominated writer/director Noah Baumbach (THE SQUID AND THE WHALE) comes a daringly funny and bracingly honest exploration of the tender, absurd and sometimes excruciating relationship between siblings. Played with an uncompromising fearlessness by Academy Award winner Nicole kidman and Golden Globe nominee Jennifer Jason Leigh, this nakedly honest film lays bare all aspects of the human comedy. Margot (Kidman), a savagely bright, razor tongued short story writer who creates chaos wherever she goes, sets off on a surprise journey to the wedding of her estrange and free spirited sister Pauline (Leigh). Margot, with her son Claude (Pais) in tow, arrives with the force of a hurricane. From the minute she meets Pauline's fiancé - the unemployed artist Malcolm (Black) - Margot starts to plant seeds of doubt about the union. What ensures is a frequently brilliant, squirm inducingly funny film.
"Baumbach's closely observed tale of dysfunctional family relationships has the microscopic texture of a New Yorker short story and the darting, spontaneous style of a French New Wave movie." -- David Ansen, NEWSWEEK
(Read more)- More on Margot at the Wedding:
- Official film Web site
- Interview with actor Jack Black
Comments
I've always loved Baumbach's work since I saw "The Squid and the Whale" -- only afterwards did I figure out that we both attended the same tiny liberal arts college. Since then, I've followed his contributions to the New Yorker and painfully identified with the lost, hilarious characters in his first film, "Kicking and Screaming", about struggling, recent college grads. He is a master at creating dysfunctional relationships between his characters that are both heartbreaking and ballsy. This movie is no exception!
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