Margot at the Wedding
I absolutely loved Noah Baumbach's film The Squid and the Whale. It was one of my favorite films of the year that it came out. Now he has a new film entitled Margot at the Wedding. And while it is not nearly as good as Squid it is not a bad film either (although many people I know did not like this film).
Margot (Nicole Kidman) is an uptight writer from NYC. She and her son Claude (Zane Pais) are traveling to her childhood home (somewhere in the suburbs or upstate but I'm not sure where) to attend her sister Pauline's (Jennifer Jason Leigh) wedding. Now it just so happens that Margot and Pauline have not seen each other in a long time or even spoken to each other that much. Margot wants to try to patch things up by attending. But that isn't an easy thing to do. It doesn't make matters any easier because Margot is not too fond of Pauline's intended Malcolm (Jack Black). This is Pauline's second marriage and she has a daughter, Ingrid (Flora Cross) from her first one.
Some people don't like the film because the characters aren't nice. So what? Many people in this world aren't nice. I happened to like the way the sisters ripped into each other. It made for some fine acting. However, I felt that the filmmaking was at times fragmented. Going from scene to scene was not always a smooth transition. Ciaran Hinds, as a man that Margot is having an affair with and John Turturro as her husband Jim (who she is having problems with) have small roles in the film.
Margot at the Wedding is not as good as another dysfunctional family film that is just released - The Savages. And it doesn't measure up to Baumbach's previous film. But it is a decent film that is well worth seeing for the acting - especially my Kidman and Jason Leigh.
One last comment - it seems very fashionable these days to bash Kidman. Some are even so cruel as to rip apart her appearance and make vicious remarks. She is talented actress who has made some poor film choices. What actor hasn't? The people that have nothing better to do then bash people (now I am not talking about real criticism - especially constructive criticism) should take some lessons in kindness and get a life.
Margot (Nicole Kidman) is an uptight writer from NYC. She and her son Claude (Zane Pais) are traveling to her childhood home (somewhere in the suburbs or upstate but I'm not sure where) to attend her sister Pauline's (Jennifer Jason Leigh) wedding. Now it just so happens that Margot and Pauline have not seen each other in a long time or even spoken to each other that much. Margot wants to try to patch things up by attending. But that isn't an easy thing to do. It doesn't make matters any easier because Margot is not too fond of Pauline's intended Malcolm (Jack Black). This is Pauline's second marriage and she has a daughter, Ingrid (Flora Cross) from her first one.
Some people don't like the film because the characters aren't nice. So what? Many people in this world aren't nice. I happened to like the way the sisters ripped into each other. It made for some fine acting. However, I felt that the filmmaking was at times fragmented. Going from scene to scene was not always a smooth transition. Ciaran Hinds, as a man that Margot is having an affair with and John Turturro as her husband Jim (who she is having problems with) have small roles in the film.
Margot at the Wedding is not as good as another dysfunctional family film that is just released - The Savages. And it doesn't measure up to Baumbach's previous film. But it is a decent film that is well worth seeing for the acting - especially my Kidman and Jason Leigh.
One last comment - it seems very fashionable these days to bash Kidman. Some are even so cruel as to rip apart her appearance and make vicious remarks. She is talented actress who has made some poor film choices. What actor hasn't? The people that have nothing better to do then bash people (now I am not talking about real criticism - especially constructive criticism) should take some lessons in kindness and get a life.
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