Product ReviewsMargot at the Wedding (DVD, 2008)

Crazy Margot Ruins Crazy Sister's Crazy Wedding Plans

This is one of those films in which each character we meet is more crazy than the one previously introduced. The basic story is a reconciliation between two sisters facilitated by the upcoming nuptials of the younger sister, Pauline (played by Jennifer Jason Leigh). Nicole Kidman plays the highly neurotic, highly successful elder sister, Margot. Margot is also (or primarily perhaps) using the wedding's proximity to her lover's residence to get away from her husband (John Turturro). She escapes to the wedding with her son, Claude, with whom she has a highly charged, abnormally "honest" relationship. Jack Black, as Pauline's fiancee, Malcolm, provides some much needed comic relief. In fact, he is the only character who doesn't take himself so seriously as to believe anything he is saying or thinking really matters to anyone else. When all is said and done this is about finding and compromising for love, between siblings, between parent and child and, yes, between consenting adults. But despite fine acting by the major players and certainly some appealing actors, one never feels deeply attached to any of them.Read full review...

Good Title

Great Movie with Great cast- Very engaging movie !

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Margot At the Wedding - DVD

Saw ads for this movie and liked both the story line and the actors. Well worth the purchase. Every actor did a superb job in their role, Jack Black, who often plays odd characters, does so here though in a bit more subtle fashion. Overall the acting was suberb though the story line makes this more of a "chick flick' I believe than a coouples movie.Read full review...

Not at all what I expected

The movie was mainly about a big sister trying to run everyones lives. Really didn't need to see this

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Like real life sisters!

All the performances were raw and humanistic. You get to be the "fly on the wall" and watch many intense moments of how 2 extremely different sisters can be when spending a good length of time together; along w/ their children & one sisters fiance (Jack Black- brilliant!!) If you love emotionally intense films this is one to buy to watch over and over. Nicole, Jennifer, and Jack were REAL!Read full review...

I don't know why so many people liked this movie!

I really had high expectations, especially since I like all the actors in this. And they all acted well- but the movie was really bad. It was described as bitingly funny- Well, I'm considered bitingly funny but I didn't think this movie was. Yes, there were a couple of darkly funny moments but this was not a comedy. Or a good drama. At the end it was like, who cares? What s stupid ending. What a waste of an hour and a half! (Believe me- I do usually love slow, depressing movies with a message and some dark humor! This was just slow and depressing).Read full review...

A vicarious thrill ride in human behavior.

Margot at the Wedding is a sharply observed portrait of a family in distress. Noah Baumbach's latest project is an unflinchingly honest story about coming to terms with one's family and oneself, a journey that is both funny and heartbreaking, Watching Kidman, Leigh and in this nutty, damn-the-torpedoes movie as they torment Jack Black's character, and confound and torture each other amounts to a vicarious thrill ride in human behavior.

The film stars Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nicole Kidman, and Jack Black.Read full review...

terrible movie, not recommended to anyone

it simply was a terrible movie, would not recommend it to anyone

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Odd, odd, odd

I thought this movie was very strange, not suitable for children and definitely recommend being in the mood for something odd... I would not watch it again so I am glad I bought a cheap copy. It's like something out of a therapy session for highly disfunctional people. The acting is good, the story is strange.Read full review...

Magnificent movie. One of a kind.

I've seen this movie several times, like 6, I think. I really sympathize with this dysfunctional family. Really like them all, and I feel like we all were Margot (Nicole Kidman) at some point in our lifes, or felt a little like her.

I'd totally recommend this movie.Read full review...