Margot at the Wedding
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| Margot at the Wedding | |
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| Directed by | Noah Baumbach |
| Produced by | Scott Rudin |
| Written by | Noah Baumbach |
| Starring | Nicole Kidman Jennifer Jason Leigh Jack Black |
| Cinematography | Harris Savides |
| Editing by | Carol Littleton |
| Distributed by | Paramount Vantage |
| Release date(s) | November 16, 2007 |
| Running time | 93 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $10 million |
| Gross revenue | $2,012,086 |
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Margot at the Wedding is a 2007 tragicomedy 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.
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[edit] Plot
Margot (Nicole Kidman) is a successful but neurotic writer who brings her 11-year-old son Claude (Zane Pais) to spend a weekend visiting her free-spirited sister Pauline (Jennifer Jason 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] Cast
- Nicole Kidman as Margot
- Jennifer Jason Leigh as Pauline
- Jack Black as Malcolm
- Zane Pais as Claude
- John Turturro as Jim
- Ciarán Hinds as Dick Koosman
- Flora Cross as Ingrid
- Seth Barrish as Toby
- Halley Feiffer as Maisy Koosman
[edit] Production
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.
The script's working title was Nicole at the Beach, but it was changed when Kidman signed on to avoid confusion.[citation needed]
[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 opened in the United Kingdom on February 8, 2008 and at two cinemas in Melbourne, Australia on February 21, 2008.[1]
[edit] Critical reception
Critics gave the film mixed to generally favorable reviews. As of March 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 52 percent of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 153 reviews.[2] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 66 out of 100, based on 37 reviews.[3]
Steven Rea of The Philadelphia Inquirer named it the 7th best film of 2007,[4] Scott Foundas of LA Weekly named it the 8th best film of 2007[4], and Kyle Smith of the New York Post named it the 9th best film of 2007.[4]
[edit] Box office performance
The film has grossed $1,995,043 in the United States and Canada as of January 2008.
The film had made $2,471,272 worldwide.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Margot at the Wedding (2007) - Release dates. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-11-17.
- ^ Margot at the Wedding - Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on 2008-03-04.
- ^ Margot at the Wedding (2007): Reviews. Metacritic. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
- ^ a b c Metacritic: 2007 Film Critic Top Ten Lists. Metacritic. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
- ^ Margot at the Wedding (2007). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on 2008-03-01.
