Margot at the Wedding

R

Released Nov 16, 2007

1 hr. 31 min.

Comedy

Drama

List

51%

167 Reviews

Tomatometer

40%

10,000+ Ratings

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Self-absorbed writer Margot (Nicole Kidman) and her young son arrive at her family's seaside home as surprise guests at the wedding of her sister Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh). The siblings are estranged, and hope to reconcile during their weekend visit. However, all hope for a peaceful reunion disintegrates when Margot tries to convince Pauline not to marry her ne'er-do-well fiance, Malcolm (Jack Black).

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Critics Consensus

Despite a great cast, the characters in Margot at the Wedding are too unlikable to enthrall viewers.

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Tara D

A slice-of-life family drama that seems better suited for the stage than cinema. Every performance is spectacular which each actor delivering a complete living, breathing human being that feels like someone you know (even if you've never had the misfortune of crossing paths with someone exactly like them). As is the case with much of Baumback's work, it seems the suffering of the characters-and ours vicariously as we watch them stumble tactlessly thru micromoments of their experience-is in vain without the redemption of growth or the catharsis of major disaster. Baumback's direction offers so much compassion for these imperfect people and missteps they choose that a loyal viewer might almost feel lost in a morally relativistic quagmire with them. It is clear that many of these humans just outright suck but we don't get much opportunity to hate them before getting consumed back up into their perspective. Although belabored humor infuses several moments of the film nothing actually feels too funny as the overall unease of the circumstances and the young folks involved in this nightmare seem more and more at risk. My high rating reflects the accuracy with which Margot's arrival at the wedding pinpoints the distress of being stuck in a tortured family. But my disinterest in engaging meaningfully in the unsatisfactory emotional life it represents keeps it from being a truly resonant, rewatchable picture. It's not a bad movie but don't be so sure you'll want to be around it.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/12/24

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Richard M

This movie was bad on so many levels from audio mixing so you could barely hear the dialogue to jump cuts that totally confused you about how or why the (or where!) the characters were. Just awful. Felt like a student film haphazardly put together in the editing room because they didn't get all the scenes shot.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/11/23

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Steve D

Despite some great work by the two women the film is just too gross and outputting to work.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/06/23

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Vander A

Where to begin.......what a total mess of a movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/05/23

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Maria

It could have been an interesting look at bad, manipulative, distinctive mothers, as Kidman's character is. But the film does not follow through to the end. Scattered ideas, no message. Leaves too much to the audience. But it could have been good

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/15/23

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Gareth v

The dysfunctional family meeting up can be a cimematic goldmine if done properly, this isn't. One of Baumbach's more disappointing movies.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/20/23

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Noah Baumbach

Director

Nicole Kidman

Margot

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Pauline

Jack Black

Malcolm

John Turturro

Jim

Ciarán Hinds

Dick

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Deborah Ross

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OK, this all sounds a bit tiresome and shop-worn... But, as well as being savage, it is also savagely droll, with several truly laugh-out-loud moments, and the performances are stunning.

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David Fear

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Rated: 5/5

Nov 16, 2011

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

Doesn't quite measure up to its predecessor but it is still an often painfully accurate study of fractured family relationships.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 29, 2008

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Mattie Lucas

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Baumbach's flair for dialogue and keen observation are still in top shape.

Rated: 3.5/4

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Kaleem Aftab

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The movie just isn't funny, nor is Baumbach's decision to leave the boom in shot in any way avant-garde.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 4, 2018

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PJ Nabarro

Patrick Nabarro

Margot at the Wedding is a little too literary and its overall air of wry cartoonish dysfunctionality becomes wearing and is conceitedly telegraphed.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 31, 2018

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Synopsis

Self-absorbed writer Margot (Nicole Kidman) and her young son arrive at her family's seaside home as surprise guests at the wedding of her sister Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh). The siblings are estranged, and hope to reconcile during their weekend visit. However, all hope for a peaceful reunion disintegrates when Margot tries to convince Pauline not to marry her ne'er-do-well fiance, Malcolm (Jack Black).

Director: Noah Baumbach
Screenwriter: Noah Baumbach
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Scott Rudin Productions
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 16, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 15, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.0M

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