Review of Margot at the Wedding (2007) by Robert F — 04 Jul 2008

Having just seen The Squid and the Whale, and now Margot at the Wedding, I'm going to start following this Noah Baumbach guy because his writing is really good. Jennifer Jason Leigh, who has 'free spirit' written all over her, was perfectly suited to her role.

I was unsure as to whether Nicole Kidman would have the finesse to work with this kind of material, but she did a fine job. I loved how she thought everyone had autism and how she and JJL laughed at how their sister was raped (in the words of Veronica Mars, "Rape humour! It never gets old.

") I didn't really like the cinematography - some scenes were almost completely black, and I had no idea what was going on. But other than that, it was an excellent follow-up to TSATW.