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Margot and her son decide to visit her sister, Pauline after she announces that she is marrying less-than-impressive Malcolm. In short time, the storm which the sisters create leaves behind a mess of thrashed relationships and exposed family secrets.
20 June 1967, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
28 August 1969, Hermosa Beach, California, USA
6 August 1977, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
28 February 1957, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
9 February 1953, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
11 January 1993, Paris, France
21 March 1960, Brooklyn, New York, USA
8 February 1970, Taylor County, Texas, USA
5 February 1962, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
29 January 1952, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
September 30, 2014
As in the minutely observed anatomy of a divorce in The Squid and the Whale, the pleasures and pains of Margot reside in the smallness of scope and queasy focus on delicate family matters.December 14, 2007
Apart from John Turturro in a cameo, all the characters are monsters and/or basket cases.December 13, 2007
There isn't a pleasant, wholly likable character in the cast. But you can't avert your eyes from it.February 28, 2008
Baumbach's interest in families - a distinct Baumbachian sort of family - is acute and his observations often painful and delivered with a dry wit.December 07, 2007
Writer-director Noah Baumbach solidifies his standing as the modern bard of American dysfunctional families with Margot at the Wedding, but at the same time he's recycling material he's already covered, and covered more exquisitely.December 27, 2008
The raw, real centerpiece is the relationship between Kidman and Leigh, whose performances drive the film.September 08, 2008
No one does bad parent movies better than Noah Baumbach.July 23, 2009
Noah Baumbach’s entry into the dysfunctional-family sweepstakes is a successfully depressing affair that has some genuine laughs to maintain interest while the fake relationships that dominate every scene leave the viewer as estranged as the charApril 28, 2011
Who the hell names their son Claude? Do they want him to get beat up every day of his life?December 14, 2007
Kidman's performance keeps you transfixed all the way through, because she delves into her character's damaged psyche so fully, you're constantly fascinated to see what biting, acidic thing she will say next.November 24, 2007
There's no question Baumbach has a way with words and actors (Kidman, Leigh and Jack Black are terrific).