Article: IN 'MARGOT' NICOLE KIDMAN IS A BRILLIANT ICE PRINCESS.(Life and Arts)

Byline: SEAN AXMAKERSpecial to the P-I

In the ruthlessly funny 2006 film "The Squid and the Whale," writer/director Noah Baumbach fictionalized the drama of his parents' breakup, painting some very unflattering character portraits at least partially inspired by his family.

"Margot at the Wedding" continues in the same East Coast intellectual milieu and the same kind of rocky emotional terrain, but while it shifts the focus to two sisters, it feels just as autobiographical and introspective as "The Squid and the Whale."

Margot (Nicole Kidman), a tightly wound author and dubiously maternal mother, breaks the silence with her sister Pauline ...

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