Margot at the Wedding
Dvd release date: 02/19/2008
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Director: Noah Baumbach
Category: Independent
Rated: R
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, 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 estranged and free-spirited sister Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh). Margot, with her son Claude (Zane Pais) in tow, arrives with the force of a hurricane. From the minute she meets Pauline’s fiance - the unemployed artist Malcolm (Jack Black) - Margot starts to plant seeds of doubt about the union. What ensues is a “frequently brilliant, squirm-inducing funny” film. (Publisher)
Summary of critic ratings:
Chicago Tribune: **1/2 (out of four)
New York Post: * (out of four)
Rolling Stone: ***1/2 (out of four)
USA Today: ** (out of four)
Overall: ** (out of four)
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