http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/17/MARGOT-AT-THE-WEDDING-More-Like-Mar-gone.aspx A number of years ago, I reviewed a Stephen King horror novel and, as a joke, wondered where the child welfare people were when he needed them.  At the time, King was more reclusive than he is now, and little was known about his background.  Since then he’s become more accessible and I’ve read details about his apparently very difficult childhood. I of course felt terrible.  It was a stab at humor that might just as easily become a stab at the heart.  It’s why I’m extra careful in discussing MARGOT AT THE WEDDING.  The screenwriter-director Noah Baumbach seems to have staked out and laid a substantial claim to dysfunctional families as subject matter. His 2005 THE SQUID AND THE WHALE earned him an Oscar nomination for best screenplay, and numerous questions from journalists about how much of the movie was based on his real life.  In a recent story, the New York Times called SQUID a “film a clef,” pointing out that like the two main characters, his writer parents were divorced when he was a child. If it turns out that MARGOT is another “film a clef,” I’ll feel terrible again about this review -- and really ticked off at his parents. When the film begins Margot and her son Claude (Zane Pais) are on a train.  They’re traveling from their Manhattan home to a country house in Maine to attend Margot’s sister’s wedding. en-US Critics Rant info@criticsrant.com Subtext Version 1.9.4.0 http://www.criticsrant.com/images/default_gravatar_bullhorn.png http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/17/MARGOT-AT-THE-WEDDING-More-Like-Mar-gone.aspx 77 60 http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/17/MARGOT-AT-THE-WEDDING-More-Like-Mar-gone.aspx#2369 i love jack black. maybe this will be a good one. brokun1 http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/17/MARGOT-AT-THE-WEDDING-More-Like-Mar-gone.aspx#2369 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:50:19 GMT http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/17/MARGOT-AT-THE-WEDDING-More-Like-Mar-gone.aspx#2507 yes i would like to see this movie sounds great needs50 http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/17/MARGOT-AT-THE-WEDDING-More-Like-Mar-gone.aspx#2507 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:04:24 GMT http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/17/MARGOT-AT-THE-WEDDING-More-Like-Mar-gone.aspx#2512 not sure about this one tinkluvspan http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/17/MARGOT-AT-THE-WEDDING-More-Like-Mar-gone.aspx#2512 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:10:50 GMT