Margot at the Wedding movie review

July 22, 2010 - #44/100
Margot at the Wedding (2007)

From the same director (Noah Baumbach) of The Squid and the Whale, comes Margot at the Wedding. As it says on imdb.com, this movie is "a slice of family life: sisters, husbands, children, history, secrets, and jealousies." Margot (Nicole Kidman) travels from Manhattan to her family's Long Island home with her son Claude. It had been a while since she Margot had visited her sister Pauline because they always seemed to not get along well in the past, but Pauline is getting married and Margot didn't want to miss it. Malcolm (Jack Black) is the lazy slacker that Pauline is marrying, and it's obvious to tell that Margot doesn't care much for Malcolm at all. She thinks that Pauline could do a lot better than him. Issues from the past, as well as the present, arise. Margot and Pauline seem to be bickering back and forth a lot, and Margot even becomes upset with Claude, at times. But, Margot has issues of her own. While dealing with marital problems, she also has a lover nearby. Therefore, there are plenty of issues that the family encounters in this movie. It seems that Noah Baumbach does an amazing job at portraying family issues, but I felt that The Squid and the Whale was better than this movie. At times, I got a little bit bored. It didn't really keep my attention like I thought it would. The acting was wonderful, but I just think that I expected a bit more out of the movie since Nicole Kidman and Jack Black both starred in it. And, perhaps I shouldn't have assumed something like that, but I did.

I gave this movie 5/10 stars on imdb.com.