Margot at the Wedding

The story is bad, it is supposed to be a comedy but the humor is so dark and hidden it just comes off as a high minded attempt at "art". The worst is the lines that no one would say in... Full review

this movie focuses on real life situations. i dont know why many people think this movie is "dumb", "stupid", or a "waste of money." do those of you who think that, just not like the real world? are you so caught... Full review

There was nothing redeeming about this. This is one of those movies that you hope the actors had a good time making it because there must be a reason someone made it.... Full review

Almost Perfect is the right heading for this movie. Acting was there but this storyline was filled with over the top and really pathetic backdroppings of what could have been better. For time killing, this is a good movie but for... Full review

Worst movie I have ever seen!!! It was pointless and disgusting. Not a cruelly funny movie at all. YOU Suck Jack Black and NICOLE KIDMAN... Full review

after this movie was done, i felt a sudden shift in my attitude. i actually felt great. margot at the wedding was a really refreshing movie. it has been so long since a good independent film has made it to theaters.... Full review

this was the worst movie i have ever wasted 1 1/2 hrs. of my life on... ignorant, ridiculous characters with no real purpose for being... wow... Full review

Was looking forward to this, and I was not let down. Really interesting family dynamics and kind of creepy motivations make this one of the best films of 2007.... Full review

Awsome .. great i just saw it .. u should really see it...its worth seeing..The acting is just right and i loved the story ..it was funny/dramtic....really rent it..!!... Full review

Say what you want to about this movie. Yes, these characters are all despicable, every single one of them; whiny, morose, and very annoying. BUT, if this film is viewed as art, as it should be, (it is an arthouse movie...if... Full review

The plot, however, lacks any shaping form of resolution:....Pais, in fact, emerges as one of the best actors in the film:....This is not a dull film.... ... Full Review

Films like this draw my attention to actors....It can also be considered too open-ended or slow.....This movie is not favorable for children.....John Turturro is a surprise as he plays Jim, Margot#39;s husband.This film is a good reference for character pieces, script development and film direction..... ... Full Review

Films like this draw my attention to actors....It can also be considered too open-ended or slow.....This movie is not favorable for children.....This film is a good reference for character pieces, script development and film direction.....Director Noah Baumbach does a great job balancing these characters, allowing them to expose tendencies distinctive enough to imply depth and background and subtle enough.... ... Full Review

Yet this monster feels carefully observedand very real - a testament to Baumbach's script and Kidman's talent. Margot, a writer who shares with Baumbach the tendency to gin family trauma into fiction, has more or less decided to divorce her husband Jim (John Turturro), a serious, stodgy novelist who pays the bills by teaching. ... Full Review

Her precise acting carries the film from theoretically interesting to a savage masterpiece. Margot at the Wedding finds us squaring off with a harsh, bitter Kidman as the titular Margot. ... Full Review

Noah Baumbach directs Margot at the Wedding (2007). Baumbachs latest film, Margot at the Wedding , tells the story of Margot (Nicole Kidman) as she and her son visit her sister Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh) after Margot learns that Pauline... ... Full Article

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Noah Baumbach's 2006 family-dysfunction picture The Squid and the Whale was a treat, so it is baffling and painful to report that his second feature as a director is terrible: over-cooked, overwritten, overacted and over-directed. ... Full Article

I am always amazed how some exceedingly talented actors and actresses can make some of the most atrocious film choices. Case in point: Nicole Kidman.Let me go on record saying that I'm a huge Kidman fan. ... Full Article

Noah Baumbach 's follow-up to her excellent The Squid and the Whale doesn't quite measure up to its predecessor but it is still an often painfully accurate study of fractured family relationships - particularly good at showing how when A... ... Full Article

Twenty years ago no one could even spell it. Today "dysfunctional" defines the dramatis personae and dynamic of almost every American film about families made for less than $100m. ... Full Article