- Title: Margot at the Wedding
- IMDB: link
There’s always a little disagreement over films among critics, but every once in awhile there’s a big one. Margot at the Wedding aggressively divided us. Both December and I were amazed the film even got made, let alone released, but Ian, and our pal Eric from Scene Stealers both really enjoyed the film. Who’s right? Who’s wrong? We’ll obviously Eric and Ian are in need of some serious mental help, but don’t just take my word for it. Inside you’ll find excerpts and links to all four reviews, allowing you to decide.
Here are the links to all four reviews!
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“Aside from being really, really boring, and having large stretches that may make your brain explode, the film has several flaws. First, and most problematic is the character of Margot herself.”
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“Writer-director Noah Baumbach deserves credit for putting forth a screenplay that sends the characters through dozens of realistic, emotional loops; though with a character study film like this, the script is only as good as its cast – and the actors nails it.”
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“Margot at the Wedding is one of those films that make me wish I wasn’t a film critic. I feel obligated to watch said film, but completely bored out of my mind and furious that I felt I needed to set through such torture.”
Read Eric, from Scene Stealers, review here
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“Sure, they may be the kinds of things we don’t want to admit we see in our families or ourselves, but that doesn’t make it any less fascinating. Good writing challenges you to confront the complicated beings that we really are, not the easier-to-swallow “types” that so many movies want us to be.”