Margot at the Wedding

After watching Noah Baumbach’s excellent The Squid and the Whale on dvd last year, it led me to discover his film debut Kicking and Screaming (not that lame Will Ferrell one about soccer). If you want a simple description of Baumbach’s films, basically they’re like Wes Anderson movies, albeit brutally honest, while also dealing with very troubled and flawed human beings. That being said, there is humor to be had that manages to shine through with great writing and terrific dialogue.

If you’ve never watched any of his films, than the following trailer may not seem appealing at all upon first glance. I’m not sure that I even like it myself to be honest. I mean, i’m looking forward to seeing this of course, but I don’t know how you cut a trailer together to make films like this seem interesting. Maybe it’s the fact that I can’t stand seeing Nicole Kidman in this film because I think she’s an actor suffering from overexposure. Also any film that can get a muted performance out of Jack Black is good enough in my book. I imagine his character as a realistic version of Barry from High Fidelity, only ten years later and unemployed.

I’m not sure exactly when this is coming out, but it’s safe to assume it will be sometime in the fall with a limited-release. Check out the trailer and feel free to tell me what you think.

Trailer music:

“Sunday Girl” | Blondie

“Our House (CSN/Y cover)” | Phantom Planet

‘Where the Wild Things Are’ teaser trailer

[video] Fol Chen :: “No Wedding Cake”

‘500 Days of Summer’ new full-length trailer

There Will Be Blood

A Wedding Mix

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