Review of Margot at the Wedding (2007) by Dave M — 06 Jun 2009

The acting is great but not my type of film. very independent.

This review of Margot at the Wedding (2007) was written by Dave M on 06 Jun 2009.

Margot at the Wedding has generally received mixed reviews.

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Margot at the Wedding tells the story of a bunch of characters and their lives, but fails to let us know why we are watching them…

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By Pj Nabarro (328) for Patrick Nabarro (306) on 31 Oct 2018

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

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By George J (85) on 21 Dec 2012

Amazing. Great writing, superb acting, unique characters that you won't find in other films...Totally worthwhile…

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By Matt B (1,998) on 17 Nov 2014

Review In A Nutshell: After seeing both Noah Baumbach's Frances Ha and The Squid and the Whale, I expected Margot at the Wedding to be well…

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By Brett C (553) on 15 Nov 2014

Review In A Nutshell: After seeing both Noah Baumbach's Frances Ha and The Squid and the Whale, I expected Margot at the Wedding to be well…

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While there are a lot of similarities between Rohmer's body of work and Baumbach's latest, the most crucial aspect linking the films is a difference…

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The cruelly funny Margot at the Wedding shares many of the virtues of Squid--it's psychologically astute, sociologically dead on, refreshingly…

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By Regina R (49) on 05 Dec 2012

No it is not a 52%! I love the strange, cerebral, sad, yet hilarious sister relationship in this film…

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By Logan M (1,902) on 19 Nov 2016

Speaks to Baumbach's strengths (showing really toxic dynamics accurately and deeply)…

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By Harrison W (167) on 08 Oct 2015

Good. That ending sure scared me. Jack Black stole the film, kind of unsurprisingly. I thought Nicole Kidman did great…

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