Margot at the Wedding (2007)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.1/10   

Director:

Noah Baumbach

Guionista (WGA):

Noah Baumbach (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

21 febrero 2008 (Australia)

Género:

Comedia | Drama

Frase comercial:

One family. Infinite degrees of separation.

Plot:

Margot and her son Claude decide to visit her sister Pauline after she announces that she is getting married to less-than-impressive Malcolm. In short order, the storm the sisters create leaves behind a a mess of thrashed relationships and exposed family secrets.

Plot Keywords:

Secret | Neighbor | Family Secret | Tree | Jealousy

Premios:

2 wins & 6 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A mature, very dark drama, mismarketed and misunderstood

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 4	6:25 PM	SHOW
Tue. July 7	8:25 PM	SHOW
Mon. July 13	6:55 PM	SHOW

Reparto

Zane Pais	...	Claude
Susan Blackwell	...	Woman on Train
Nicole Kidman	...	Margot
Jack Black	...	Malcolm
Flora Cross	...	Ingrid
Jennifer Jason Leigh	...	Pauline
Seth Barrish	...	Toby
Matthew Arkin	...	Alan
Brian Kelley	...	Bruce
Christian Hansen	...	Fireman
Michael Cullen	...	Mr. Vogler
Enid Graham	...	Mrs. Vogler
Sophie Nyweide	...	Vogler Daughter
Justin Roth	...	Vogler Son
Ciarán Hinds	...	Dick Koosman

También conocida como:

Untitled Noah Baumbach Project (USA) (working title)
Margot y la boda (Argentina) (DVD title) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content and language.

Duración:

93 min | USA:91 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Clasificación:

USA:R | Canada:14A | Ireland:16 | UK:15 | Argentina:13 | Germany:12 | Australia:M | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:18 | Singapore:NC-16 | Finland:K-13 | Sweden:7 | Portugal:M/12

Locaciones de Filmación:

City Island, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Compañía:

Scott Rudin Productions

Trivialidades:

Originally titled "Nicole at the Beach", as a tribute to Eric Rohmer, the title was changed when Nicole Kidman was cast.

Errores:

Errores cometidos por los personajes (posiblemente errores deliberados por los cineastas): Malcolm has trouble recollecting the bassist for Motley Crue, and then remembers that it's Mick Mars. The bass player for Motley Crue is actually Nikki Sixx, although this mistake could have been intentional to further convey the forgetfulness.

Citas:

Malcolm: [Margot turns around; startled by Malcolm's presence] Sorry. I'm here.
Margot: I didn't see you.
Malcolm: I'm just writing my vows. I'm trying to do something appropriate but also funny. Not jokey, more character-based humour. You having an OK time?
Margot: Yeah, besides Wizard getting out.
Malcolm: Yeah. We'll find him. Or else, I don't know.
Margot: We won't.
Malcolm: Right. Or else, he's dead or something. It means a lot to Paul that you came.
Margot: Yeah.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2007-11-17)" (2007)

Banda de Sonido:

See How We Are

A mature, very dark drama, mismarketed and misunderstood

First of all: "Margot at the Wedding" is not a comedy or a chick flick, as the distributors wanted you to believe - hence, the movie being a major box-office flop/critical failure. Noah Baumbach's follow-up to his endearing, critically acclaimed "The Squid and the Whale", is just as good as his previous film, but much darker and mature.

Margot (Nicole Kidman, in her first good film since "Dogville" - this is her comeback, too bad most people didn't get it) and her son Claude (Zane Pais) go visit Margot's estranged sister, Pauline (the always wonderful Jennifer Jason Leigh), who's about to marry a not very distinctive type (Jack Black, okay for the first half of the movie, but shows no drama skills at a pivotal scene - his performance being the only major letdown in the movie for me). It won't be an easy time for any of them. Baumbach could've done something lighter and gotten another critics' fave like "Whale", but thank God for real auteurs, he did something different, and succeeded on it (at least, in my books!). "Margot at the Wedding" is, right from the title, a homage to Éric Rohmer ("Pauline at the Beach" - by the way, Baumbach's movie was entitled "Nicole at the Beach", but they had to change the title when Kidman was cast), with similarities to Bergman ("Persona", in particular) and Woody Allen's more serious films ("September", for instance, which were already inspired by Bergman). Baumbach's writing is fantastic, very quotable and personal, and the cast got the idea and did a remarkable job (except for Black). A misunderstood gem. 9/10.