(...) MARGOT AT THE WEDDING is a fleet, strangely enjoyable film, animated by the acuity of Baumbach's perceptions and - this helps a lot - the frequent laugh-out-loud wit of his dialogue. The filmmaker is only gaining in assurance as both a writer and director; this picture brought to mind Rohmer's work of the early to mid-'80s, if Rohmer were more depressive and had a nastier social circle.

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On peut vraisemblablement apprécier MARGOT AT THE WEDDING en tant qu'étude de cas, comme le portrait de femmes qui auraient grandement besoin de faire un travail d'introspection (...). Sauf que Baumbach semble se complaire dans leur mesquinerie et prendre plaisir à les voir humilier les autres (...). Son objectif était peut-être de faire une comédie grinçante qui laisse un mauvais arrière-goût; dans ce cas, mission accomplie.

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(...) filmmaker Noah Baumbach has followed up his acclaimed 2005 breakthrough THE SQUID AND THE WHALE with another wryly observed, giddily cringe-inducing, bracingly original winner. (...) Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Jason Leigh (...) do some of their best work here, while Baumbach gives further evidence as having one of the most original - and affecting - comic sensibilities in the business.

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