In a word, terrible.
Detached, contradictory, confrontational, gets caught lying, betrays confidence, thinks solutions to problems is to run away and advises against deodorant!
Yes awful. I hated the film though so I could be biased. I also hate Nicole Kidman (and I'm Australian)
shareI hate Nicole Kidman too. What IS IT about her that makes her a "star"? She's quite boring looking, the same in every part she "plays," and any number of actresses could do what she does. I don't get it. She's nothing.
shareto put it simply: i wish after climbing that tree, she would have slipped, fell off, and died.
sharegosh, Nicole was then really astonishingly playing that disgusting character if you hate her so much:)
i also think that Margot was a terrible parent and i wish to see a movie about her son when he grows up.
yeah, in my mind, it was: "well, if she died, then maybe her reasonable sister and her reasonable husband could raise the poor kid."
sharecool, great.
shareMargot was selfish, but every parent has had moments of selfishness. I think she loved her son. I think she loved him and resented him. I believe her portrayal of a dysfunctional mother was real, whether you hated it or not. It may have been exaggerated, but most of his characters that are supposed to be the *beep* are.
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To me Kidman always seems at her best playing at least partially dislikable or neurotic characters. There are indeed people like Margot, whose pissed-off self-absorbsion usually trumps everything else, even her maternal instincts. Most of the movie strikes me as funny in a grotesque (but still psychologically credible). The most mirthlessly brutal moment, though, is when Margot--just after being publicly humiliated at the bookstore event--channels her rage by lashing out at poor Claude, calling him physically graceless, then lamely trying to soften the blow with "You're still handsome!" I think what made some people hate this movie is that there are moments like this when Margot's behavior is genuinely, unpleasantly mean. It's harsh, but...eh, some family dynamics are really like that. If you've never experienced anything like, lucky you.
shareyes i agree that moment really stands out in the movie. i was never a fan of kidman but i think her performance here shows her enormous ability.
shareyeah her performance was beyond real, ive met thousands or mothers like her
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atrocious - calling him stupid, lazy, telling him he smelled and that he looked stiff! i wanted to slap her!!
Nicole did a good job of playing that witch
I worked with a woman that fits everyone's description of Margot! So I'm debating whether to watch it or not. I like most of the cast. Love NK, JB and JJL in most roles. In comparison to the descriptions of Margot, the lady I knew was worse, although she helped me get through a rough period in my life before she became Margot to the 10th power. She loved her children, but had so little patience with the toddler. Her teenage son joined the army with her support. I want to know if I'm going laugh at the absurdity of the characters, or brought down.
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I adored Nicole as Margot, because she (and the rest of them) were so disfunctional that they became normal almost lol.
I thought Margot is a horrible and selfish mother. When she's insecure or she feels corners she takes it out on her son and she makes him feel really bad. Her mothering is just uncomfortable (not to mention the mastrubating in the same room).
She tells Claude way too much and doesn't use a filter that parents should use around their kids. I think she really does love her son, but it's definitely not a healthy relationship.
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