Margot at the Wedding

Another tense, uncomfortable movie about unlikeable people.  Margot at the Wedding is about a two sisters, played by Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Jason Leigh, two actresses adept at playing complex, difficult, self-tortured women. Leigh's character is getting married, and Kidman and her twelve year old son come to visit during the days before the wedding.

Margot at the Wedding is primarily a portrait of Kidman/Margot, whose bitterness, self-absorption, and lack of insight poison all her interactions.  Each scene is rich with realistic minor conflicts that flare, die down a bit, and linger.  Most disturbing for me was Margot's relationship with her son. She was so mean and manipulative of him, keeping him tethered to her neurosis.

So, what did I think of it? Not sure... It was interesting to watch, and the acting was impressive; but in the end I don't know what was really there.