The cast of Margot at the Wedding all offer remarkable performances in a somewhat unremarkable movie. I've never seen these actors perform these kind of roles before. There aren't really many of these kind of roles around. Like The Squid and the Whale, Margot spares no sore or bruise unturned in its family. Watching group dynamics is rarely this brutal or honest. It's a naturally flowing movie, but didn't give me that emotional payoff that Baumbach's other film's did. I cringed at the horror in a different way that I did during The Descent, but it was no less difficult to watch. There are layers there that will continue to reveal themselves on subsequent viewings (just check out the conversation with Jennifer Jason Leigh and Baumbach on the DVD for starters), but for now I can offer only a tepid intial response. Its revelations lack awe.
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