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Article: FILM REVIEW: 'Margot' explores darker side of marriage
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- November 28, 2007
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Jacob Worrel
University Wire
11-28-2007
(Tufts Daily) (U-WIRE) MEDFORD, Mass. -- Many laud Noah Baumbach, the critically-acclaimed writer/director of "The Squid and the Whale" (2005), for his brutally honest portrayal of failed marriages and dysfunctional families.
In his latest release, "Margot at the Wedding," the filmmaker revisits familiar themes - only this time, the plot centers on a wedding instead of a divorce. Baumbach's black comedy delivers the same shocking humor of his previous film, but it isn't nearly as polished or as original.
Margot (played by Nicole Kidman) is a writer with a razor-sharp tongue who lost touch with her family in the throes of her recent success. She travels ...