Margot At The Wedding

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.

Margot at the wedding. Margot and her son claude decide to visit her sister pauline after she announces that she is marrying less than impressive malcolm. Pauline is open vulnerable warmly disposed to her. Margot s unyielding ways have had a negative affect on claude although he needs the emotional connection to his mother. It stars nicole kidman jennifer jason leigh jack black john turturro ciarán hinds and halley feiffer.

On the eve of her estranged sister pauline s jennifer jason leigh wedding to unemployed musician artist depressive malcolm jack black at the family seaside home margot shows up unexpectedly to rekindle the sisterly bond and offer her own brand of support what ensues is a nakedly honest and subversively funny look at family dynamics. Pauline still lives in the big family house in the east. In short order the storm the sisters create leaves behind a mess of thrashed relationships and exposed family secrets. In noah baumbach s margot at the wedding a face is slapped some punches and kicks are thrown and a gracious old shade tree is subjected to assault by chain saw.

The film stars nicole kidman jennifer jason leigh and jack black. On the eve of her estranged sister pauline s jennifer jas. Margot at the wedding is a 2007 family drama film written and directed by noah baumbach. It all sounds pretty tame.

Movie info 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. Margot and her preteen son claude arrive a few days in advance of the wedding while the rest of their family including margot s husband jim plan to arrive the day of. The movie opens as margot nicole kidman and her son claude zane pais are traveling by train to the wedding of pauline jennifer jason leigh the sister she is not on speaking terms with. The film premiered on august 31 2007 at the 34th telluride film festival and was released in the united states on december 7 2007.