Article: Kidman, Leigh deliver fierce performances in 'Margot'

Article: Blood Ties, Cutting Some Deep Wounds; In 'Margot at the Wedding,' Family Dysfunction Is Dark Fun
The Washington Post;  November 21, 2007 ;     578 words ..."Margot at the Wedding" is for those who couldn...Noah Baumbach's "The Squid and the Whale." "Margot" exudes the same wickedly compelling pugilism...refreshing thrill to watch Nicole Kidman (Margot, one of two bickering sisters at the heart...

Article: CURSE OF THE HEMINGWAYS; Model Margot, 41, is found dead in beach house horror.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  July 3, 1996 ;     639 words ...Jet-set glamour girl Margot Hemingway has been found dead in California...used to identify her. One theory is that Margot, who earned dollars 100,000 an hour modelling...terrible disease in this famous family. Margot's great-grandfather killed himself and...

Article: Focused; Margot Bingham is focused on pursuing her dreams while making a positive difference
New Pittsburgh Courier;  March 1, 2003 ;     612 words ......of things and never finish them," says Margot Bingham. As busy as today's world is to a normal teenager, Margot is a freshman at the Pittsburgh High School...Special Olympics and homeless shelters. Margot says it's rewarding to know just her being...

Article: FILM REVIEW: Margot much better away from the 'Wedding'
University Wire;  December 10, 2007 ;     627 words ......Yale Herald) (U-WIRE) NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Margot at the Wedding, the latest from auteur...could have been anybody's family. Watching Margot at the Wedding, one is left with the impression...verges on-dare I say it-falsehood. The Margot of the title is an author of some acclaim...

Article: FILM REVIEW: 'Margot' explores darker side of marriage
University Wire;  November 28, 2007 ;     619 words ......dysfunctional families. In his latest release, "Margot at the Wedding," the filmmaker revisits...isn't nearly as polished or as original. Margot (played by Nicole Kidman) is a writer...Jason Leigh) has planned her own wedding. Margot, already dubious of the marriage, is horrified...

Article: Mike's Flick Pick/Do not be invited to see 'Margot'
SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL);  November 29, 2007 ;     549 words ......the way we perceive our surroundings. "Margot at the Wedding" certainly inspires anger...And, despite significant star power, "Margot at the Wedding" cannot overcome bad writing...a despicable self-absorbed character. Margot (Nicole Kidman) is a similar type of person...

Article: Too often, 'Margot' loses its focus.(Daily Break)
The Virginian Pilot;  December 21, 2007 ;     559 words ......No hair-pulling, please! You go into Margot at the Wedding expecting something of a catfight between Margot, the successful, neurotic writer from...find the major trouble at the center of Margot - if there is major trouble, or even a...

Article: Review: 'Margot at the Wedding'
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  December 21, 2007 ;     231 words ......personalities on display in Noah Baumbach's "Margot at the Wedding." The director served notice...is there, nothing really transpires in "Margot at the Wedding." Spending 91 minutes with a dysfunctional family is the gist. When Margot (Nicole Kidman) -- in the process of separating...

Article: That Jarvis Cocker is such a nice polite boy; AT 89, MARGOT DILLON IS A SUPERMODEL PAL OF THE STARS AND LEADER OF THE AD WORLD'S GLAM GRANS.(Features)
The Mirror (London, England);  September 18, 1996 ;     622 words ......too. But that hasn't stopped groovy gran Margot Dillon taking the fashion world by storm...Josephine Mann, 79, to plug their 534 jeans. Margot was recently draped across the pages of...the brat-pack designers, Red Or Dead. Margot, on the books of London's Ugly Model Agency...

Article: FILM REVIEW: Unbearable Margot sinks 'Wedding'
University Wire;  November 19, 2007 ;     460 words ......protagonist quite so unlikable or unbearable as Margot (Nicole Kidman) in "Margot at the Wedding." And perhaps there is a very good...at a time when family should be coming together. Margot, played by Nicole Kidman, is exactly the type of...

Article: "She loves me, she loves me not:" The short happy symbiotic marriage of Margot and Francis Macomber
Journal of American Culture;  October 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......conundrum by applying an either/or solution. Margot either fired her rifle to saver her husband...the story squarely on the shoulders of Margot Macomber.' Thus, H. H. Bell, Jr., for...woman position of the tale by viewing Margot as "something [not someone!] akin to a...

Article: Family guy; Noah Baumbach plumbs the inky depths of smart, shallow people. Plus: Brian De Palma's Redacted.(MOVIES)(Margot at the Wedding)(Movie review)
New York;  November 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ......that's not a problem in Noah Baumbach's Margot at the Wedding: His characters are garishly...first frame to last. Short-story writer Margot (Nicole Kidman) and her teenage son, Claude...spectacle fascinates as well as appalls. Margot is one of those vampire writers who appropriate...

Article: something for all the family Margot at the Wedding The Accidental Husband
The Sunday Telegraph London;  March 2, 2008 ;     700+ words ......dysfunction can be detected from the outset of Margot at the Wedding (15), when a long-haired...With him on the journey is his mother Margot (Nicole Kidman, above left, with Pais...son are on their way to the wedding of Margot's sister, Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh...

Article: The Margot and Henry show
The Spectator;  September 28, 2002 ;     700+ words ......larger-than-life political dynasty. The diaries of Margot Asquith form the core of the book. For too long Margot's voluminous diaries have been unavailable...fabulously rich Sir Charles Tennant ('the Bart'), Margot took London by storm with her energy and...