Margot at the Wedding

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Margot at the Wedding
Image:Margot at the wedding.jpg
Directed by	Noah Baumbach
Produced by	Scott Rudin
Written by	Noah Baumbach
Starring	Nicole Kidman Jennifer Jason Leigh Jack Black John Turturro Ciarán Hinds
Distributed by	Paramount Vantage
Release date(s)	August 31, 2007
Language	English
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Margot at the Wedding is a 2007 film written and directed by Noah Baumbach. It is the follow-up to his critically acclaimed, Academy Award nominated film The Squid and the Whale.

The film premiered August 31, 2007 at the 34th Telluride Film Festival.

1 Overview
2 Production
3 Release
4 Critical reception
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Overview

The film has been described as an intimate, character-driven, domestic comedy-drama. It stars Nicole Kidman and Baumbach's real-life wife Jennifer Jason Leigh as sisters named Margot and Pauline, and also features Jack Black, John Turturro and Ciarán Hinds. Kidman's character, Margot, is a successful but neurotic writer who brings her 11-year-old son (played by newcomer Zane Pais) to spend a weekend visiting her free-spirited sister Pauline (Leigh) on the eve of her wedding to Malcolm (Jack Black). Margot disapproves of Pauline's choice of fiancé, which causes tension between the two sisters.

[edit] Production

Baumbach has mentioned that the film is influenced by the style of French writer-director Eric Rohmer, who is known for his character-driven, relationship-based comic dramas like Ma nuit chez Maud, Le Genou de Claire, Pauline à la plage and Le Rayon vert. Many of Rohmer's films also deal with strained family relationships and awkward courtships, and often involve summer vacations. The script's working title was Nicole at the Beach, but it was changed when Nicole Kidman signed on to avoid confusion.

Margot at the Wedding was shot from April-June 2006 in various New York locations including Shelter Island, Hampton Bays, East Quogue, Long Island and City Island, Bronx.

[edit] Release

The film premiered August 31, 2007 at the 34th Telluride Film Festival. It was also shown at the Toronto Film Festival, the New York Film Festival, and the Mill Valley Film Festival. The film opened in limited release in the United States on November 16, 2007. It is scheduled to open in the United Kingdom on February 8, 2008 and in Australia on February 21, 2008.^[1]

[edit] Critical reception

Critics gave the film mixed to generally favorable reviews. As of December 2007 on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 56% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 94 reviews.^[2] On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 70 out of 100, based on 32 reviews.^[3]