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Margot at the Wedding

  • 2007
  • R
  • 1h 31m
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6.0/10
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Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Jack Black in Margot at the Wedding (2007)
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Margot and her son Claude decide to visit her sister Pauline after she announces that she is marrying less-than-impressive Malcolm.Margot and her son Claude decide to visit her sister Pauline after she announces that she is marrying less-than-impressive Malcolm.Margot and her son Claude decide to visit her sister Pauline after she announces that she is marrying less-than-impressive Malcolm.

  • Director
    • Noah Baumbach
  • Writer
    • Noah Baumbach
  • Stars
    • Nicole Kidman
    • Jennifer Jason Leigh
    • Flora Cross
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    21K
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    • Director
      • Noah Baumbach
    • Writer
      • Noah Baumbach
    • Stars
      • Nicole Kidman
      • Jennifer Jason Leigh
      • Flora Cross
    • 128User reviews
    • 182Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 13 nominations

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    Nicole Kidman in Margot at the Wedding (2007)
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    Top cast

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    Nicole Kidman
    Nicole Kidman
    • Margot
    Jennifer Jason Leigh
    Jennifer Jason Leigh
    • Pauline
    Flora Cross
    Flora Cross
    • Ingrid
    Zane Pais
    Zane Pais
    • Claude
    Susan Blackwell
    Susan Blackwell
    • Woman on Train
    Jack Black
    Jack Black
    • Malcolm
    Seth Barrish
    Seth Barrish
    • Toby
    Matthew Arkin
    Matthew Arkin
    • Alan
    Brian Kelley
    • Bruce
    Christian Hansen
    • Fireman
    Michael Cullen
    Michael Cullen
    • Mr. Vogler
    Enid Graham
    Enid Graham
    • Mrs. Vogler
    Sophie Nyweide
    Sophie Nyweide
    • Vogler Daughter
    Justin Roth
    • Vogler Son
    Ciarán Hinds
    Ciarán Hinds
    • Dick Koosman
    Halley Feiffer
    Halley Feiffer
    • Maisy Koosman
    Jonathan Schwartz
    • Malcolm's Friend
    John Turturro
    John Turturro
    • Jim
    • Director
      • Noah Baumbach
    • Writer
      • Noah Baumbach
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Nicole Kidman, Jack Black, & Jennifer Jason Leigh moved in together during filming because they wanted to perfect their roles as a dysfunctional family.
    • Goofs
      When Margot secretly talks to Dick on her cell phone, at times, you can hear Nicole Kidman's Australian accent, especially when she says "Saturday."
    • Quotes

      Pauline: What was it about Dad that had us fucking so many guys?

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Beowulf/Margot at the Wedding/Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium/Enchanted/Southland Tales/Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Northern Blue
      Written & Performed by Dean Wareham & Britta Phillips

    User reviews128

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    8/10
    The Margot Show
    What does it say about your wedding when your estranged sister's attendance is a bigger event than the wedding itself? I mean, it's right there in the title of Noah Baumbach's dysfunctional family disaster movie. It isn't called "The Wedding" or "Malcolm and Pauline Get Married". No, it's called MARGOT AT THE WEDDING. If your sister at your wedding causes that big a stir, perhaps the invitation would have been better lost in the mail. Still, despite her better judgment and in the interest of progress and healing, Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh) does invite the sister she still refers to as her closest friend after years of not speaking, to her intimate affair. It is clear her idea was not her best from the moment Margot (Nicole Kidman) steps off the boat and on to the New England shore. Pauline sends her fiancé, Malcolm (Jack Black), to pick Margot and her eldest son, Claude (Zane), up from the ferry. She claims to be making last minute arrangements back at the house but I suspect it was she and not the house who was not quite ready to receive. Then, when the two are finally face to face, standing in front of the house they grew up in, they smile and make pleasantries but fidget hesitatingly before actually embracing. That awkward moment grows into a whirlwind of deep-seeded pain before long and suddenly rain on the blessed day is hardly the biggest worry for the bride-to-be.

    Baumbach scored last time out with his Oscar-nominated THE SQUID AND THE WHALE. He was lauded for his sensitive and honest tale of divorce and how it affects the entire family unit. With MARGOT AT THE WEDDING, he solidifies his reputation for creating believable family ties based on dependence, dysfunction and subtle admiration. Watching the sisters as they sit around the house catching up is voyeuristic as we are often privy to conversations that feel as though they were not meant to be heard. As the sisters flip through old records in their even older house, Baumbach writes decades of experiences into his characters and we, like Malcolm, are latecomers to this dinner party. Director of photography, Harris, draws us even closer to this inner circle by shooting mostly hand-held footage in natural lighting and with older lenses. The resulting tone is dark and grainy but nostalgic and rich with history at the same time. At times, we are the quiet cousin who says nothing but stands in the corner with a camera and follows the drama from room to room. It isn't long before we learn how to interpret the vernacular of this particular family and we find ourselves laughing along inappropriately at the expense of whomever Margot is lovingly ridiculing at the moment. As we laugh though, we care as well.

    Kidman and Leigh (Baumbach's wife) are both marvelous as they walk the very tightly wound lines of their borderline personalities. Baumbach guides their performances into textured characters that seem natural as sisters and strongly rooted as multifaceted people who struggle to be themselves when in the presence of the other. They even possess archetypal qualities without coming across as contrived. Margot is the master of deflection. She is constantly doling out psychological diagnoses to those around her to avoid any fingers pointing back her way. It never dawns on her that as a writer, she actually has no formal foundation to base her opinions on. She cannot understand why Pauline would settle for Malcolm; she picks at Claude to keep him closer; she even attacks her husband (John Turturro) for his good nature because it just makes her feel like a bad person. She is a fatalist to Pauline's hopeful but defeated optimist. Pauline is damaged but wants to heal and has done so much more than she gives herself credit for. She teeters back and forth between making sneaky, subtle jabs at her sister, habits from her youth, and building new connections so that she can have the sister she always wanted instead of the one she has always had. Only, in the house that Baumbach built, the answer to whether people can ever truly change is not the least bit clear.

    Family, even the best examples, can be tricky to negotiate. Spending any extended period of time with the people who both influenced you and hurt you the most in your life can be exhausting. That said, MARGOT AT THE WEDDING can be no less trying. There are those who revel in watching others with deeper dysfunction then their own. It helps them to feel that their lives are not nearly as bad as they thought. There are also others who feel they have enough to juggle already with potentially damaging weddings of their own to survive coming up fast. Why then immerse yourself in a tornado of neuroses and painful memories that are not even your own? Truthfully, you don't have to. Along those lines, Pauline never needed to invite her sister to her wedding either. Only if she hadn't, she would have missed out on everything the experience taught her about herself and the potential for progress. This is the genuine beauty of Baumbach's work. He shares so intensely and personally that he inevitably forces the viewer to deal with their own inner-Margot.
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    • Release date
      • February 21, 2008 (Australia)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Nicole at the Beach
    • Filming locations
      • Shelter Island, Long Island, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • Scott Rudin Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $10,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,959,420
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $81,035
      • Nov 18, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,900,156
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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