Margot at the Wedding Review

Margot at the Wedding is basically about two sisters dealing with each other for a week before one gets married.  My first thought about this movie once it was done...  "I am utterly  thankful that I can't relate to this movie in any way."

The movie was fun and disturbing, like many movies I watched this weekend.  However in the end there was nothing endearing about either sister, their bizarre love/hate relationship and inappropriate behavior to their children.  I gave my wife a big hug when it was done.  Thank goodness she is sane and doesn't treat people like that.  Thank goodness she has a nice family.

Jack Black was fantastic.  His character is not at all what I would expect from Jack Black, though of course he is passionate and knowledgeable of music.  Nicole Kidman continues to impress me as well.  I didn't know Jennifer Jarson Leigh until this film, but I liked her quite a bit.  As an actress that is.  As a person in the film none of them seemed very rational and I have a hard time liking the film because of it.

In the end I didn't care much about the people (except the kids).  The extent of my care boiled down to "did she really just leave her purse?"....