Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is going to marry struggling artist Malcolm (Jack Black) at the home where she grew up in a small ceremony. Her sister Margot (Nicole Kidman) will be attending despite not speaking to Pauline for years.
This is a dysfunctional family dark comedy much like Baumbach's previous film, "The Squid and the Whale". It is very similar to "Squid" in terms of tone, sense of humor, and masturbating children. One difference is this one has masturbating Nicole Kidman. Lots of other awkward stuff like that.
I enjoyed Jack Black's performance, which I can't really say about most of his movies. His character's kind of pathetic and angry, but still really funny. He's good as a supporting character. The movie is mostly about Margot, and her equally dysfunctional relationship with her sister, her son, her husband (John Turturro) as well as her unseen parents and other sister, Betsy.
I really like "The Squid and the Whale", but I didn't care for "Margot" as much. It's a lot more talky, and just not as interesting as far as story and characters. Still good. Pretty good.
7.77/10
Total (now that I know a TV series disc equals a movie)
18/150
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