FilmBuff1994 Margot at the Wedding is a good movie with a very well written storyline and a talented cast. It's certainly not a feel good movie, it's a very depressing and harsh look at the reality many people have to face, but I think that's what made this film watchable, it was realistic, it was very sincere, it's aim was not to sugarcoat our world, based around the subjects of family, relationships and growing up, it can be very surreal for a sensitive audience. I felt like it tried to focus on too many subjects at once which made it a bit overwhelming at times, it really should have only focused on family and love life, the other issues that were thrown in were unnecessary. I think they should have given Jack Black some more big scenes, he completely tones it down for his usually high energetic comedic roles to play a character that I found to be very relatable at times, he shines in parts in which he has a lot of dialogue and, though Nicole Kidman is of course the star of this film, I think Black deserved more big scenes. Somewhat upsetting and at other times weirdly humorous, Margot at the Wedding is not spectacular, but I definitely think it's worth the watch and would recommend it to anyone looking for a good drama. A wedding reunites the constituent parts of an estranged and dysfunctional family, reopening some old wounds. Best Performance: Nicole Kidman Worst Performance: John Turturro

royale_w_cheez44 I loved "The Squid and the Whale". And I loved "Greenberg"."Margot at the Wedding" is simply one of the most atrocious films I have ever seen, and one of the most disappointing products of such a great cast and director.There is not a single likable, redeemable character, nor is there a storyline that pays off. Imagine 90 minutes of watching a group of repugnant, shallow, neurotic people interacting and arguing about a wedding that we never get to see.Did I also mention the craft? The film is so amateurishly shot and cut together that you'll find yourself distracted by the lingering shots of an underexposed, awkwardly composed image. Or you might not understand the jarring shift in tone or pacing from an unmotivated scene change. I simply cannot wrap my head around what they were trying to achieve.And what makes it all even worse is what could have been. Noah Baumbach has proved himself to be a compelling director and storyteller in the past, even with unlikable characters such as Ben Stiller's Greenberg. Nicole Kidman often makes fascinating, adventurous choices in the roles she portrays. What we are left with is a sloppy, nihilistic mess of a film about a miserable family without any intuition of how decent humans should behave, thus robbing the audience of any sort of fulfillment or engagement that one would hope for in watching a film.If the film had ended with the tree falling on their house and killing them all, I might have seen a redeeming quality in the poetic justice of the situation. Instead I'm left with a bitter aftertaste of a meandering, boring, dreadful film about people with whom nobody could relate, and therefor engaging in their conflicts was in no way possible. It isn't easy to sympathize with such miserable souls such as those in this film... what a shame.

daria84 I was stumbling on the internet and found this movie, and with a cast of the likes of Nicole Kidman, seeing Jack Black (who I passionately dislike) doing a dramatic role, and some minor roles with Ciarán Hinds, I thought it was worth the shot and I was right.Basically the movie is about Margot (Kidman), whose sister (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is getting married with a struggling artist, Malcolm (Jack Black), and decides to attends to the wedding days before it actually takes place, even though both sisters haven't spoken in years. Both sisters share moments and secrets that afterwards are revealed, and both sisters do not agree on how the other is carrying her life, and while their pre-adolescent kids get acquainted, their lives start taking a certain turn.I loved the acting in this movie, Nicole Kidman most of her work is flawless, and this is no exception, I can think of maybe 2 or 3 actresses that may have been able to carry the role of Margot as great as she did, but I'm sure Nicole was the best fit as the self-centered, judge and troubled Margot, who is juggling with the idea of leaving her husband while having an affair. Jennifer Jason Leigh, honestly i don't think I've ever seen her before, but she was perfect in this role and Pauline, the insecure, persuasive sister. I think Jack Black, who plays the groom who pretends he doesn't care about other people's opinions, did a good job here, actually in this movie I laughed more than in any of his comedy roles, I sure hope that was meant to happen. He was the only one who actually knew what was going on in the house, and was honest enough to reveal his secret to his bride before the wedding, but only because he was under a lot of pressure. I'm going to make a special mention to Ciarán Hinds, who may have had maybe 10 minutes of screen time, but his character Dick was important in the story as Margot's lover, who shakes Margots foundations and leaves her emotionally shattered in public, and then literally kicks butts (or butt).I actually enjoyed this movie, the relationships were very well portrayed, real, a film that undresses a family that is supposed to be on the verge of one of the happiest moments of a person's life: a wedding. In the end, we're all humans, and sometimes we don't like how human flaws are portrayed and showed to us.

Bob_the_Hobo Neurotic Margot (Nicole Kidman), that sister or relative that you just cannot stand, visits her normal sister Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh) for her wedding to lovable loser Malcolm (Jack Black). Typical family events play out to dry humor results.I usually don't like Noah Baumbach movies. Almost all of them focus on dysfunctional families, which I can see when I'm at home, so usually I avoid their harsh reality. Margot at the Wedding, though, is that exception because you are presented with these three characters you can absolutely relate with (not to!) and laugh at, because these three are members of your family. We all have Malcoms, Paulines, and certainly Margots in our families.As usual in Baumbach movies, nothing really happens except talk and shaky cameras, but again this was an exception. The characters have more humor and not so much drab, and they're all interesting. Conflicts old and new play out between these characters with often hilarious results. It's the first Baumbach movie I've ever really laughed at, and I can recommend this film because of it.Kidman steals the show as that sister you really don't like but have to put up with. She's neurotic, snarky, egotistical and perpetually depressed for unfathomable reasons, and seems only to want to see others in pain. Jack Black is just hysterical as that likable guy your relative is marrying, though they deserve better. Leigh is the pushover character because she's written that way, but she's every bit as good as the first two. John Turturro and Ciaran Hinds have some great scenes as well.I really like this film because it's just so relatable. Check Margot at the Wedding out, but above all don't watch it at a family reunion.