"Margot at the Wedding"

Elbert 2022-01-13 08:03:02

"Margot at the Wedding" is different from "Squid and Whale", although both are nakedly showing the problems that exist in the family, they are real and sharp, with few roots and no solution. The latter is more about the relationship between various characters. Everyone is true and believable, even pitiful and "lovely", while "Margot at the Wedding" focuses on the main contradictions to be destructive. Margot, the protagonist of personality, radiates various characters around it, and the plot is full of conflict and absurdity.

Nicole Kidman, who has once again washed out the lead, has created this character very well. The rivalry with Jennifer Jason Leigh is even more wonderful and unusual. It is different from the general passion of two women. The completely different character dialogue between the two forms a wonderful concerto.

My favorite movie is one of the best forgotten movies last year. Personally, I think it’s not inferior to "Squid and Whale", but "Squid and Whale" is more refined in tone and photography. The location, setting, tone, and costumes of this film are as gray and hopeless as the characters in it.

2008-03-02

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  • Alvina 2022-01-13 08:03:02

    It's just that the beauty is slightly stiff...

  • Keyshawn 2022-03-25 09:01:18

    This subject matter is disgusting.

Margot at the Wedding quotes

  • Malcolm: I wanna punch that guy in the nose.

    Pauline: You've never hit anyone.

    Malcolm: I have too!

    Pauline: Who?

    Malcolm: Lots of people. You don't know them. They're not around cause I punched them.

    Pauline: [bursts out laughing]

  • Margot: You know, Pauline told me she's very disappointed in you.

    Claude: Why?

    Margot: She thinks you laze about the house. Ingrid is always offering to help clean or cook. She made bracelets for all the guests. Even Malcolm puts up the tent. You just wait until everyone else does it for you.

    Claude: That's not true.

    Margot: It is true. I wish I taught you better manners...

    Claude: I can try to make pop-overs. If I remember how...

    Margot: Don't bother.

    [She looks at him with grave disappointment]

    Claude: Why are you looking at me like that?

    Margot: I just see how much you've changed. Your body language. You used to be rounder and more graceful. You're so stiff now, so blasé.

    Claude: What do you mean?

    Margot: I can't explain it.

    [She sees the tears in his eyes]

    Margot: It's okay, though.

    Claude: Uh-huh.

    [He stands up and starts walking away]

    Margot: You're still handsome!