Stars Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Jason Leigh are arresting as long-estranged sisters whose best intentions are no match for decades of warped sibling rivalry, but writer-director Noah Baumbach never steps beyond their intensely self-centered psychodrama to tell an engaging story.
Brittle, Manhattan-based writer Margot (Kidman), whose short, sharp tales of family dysfunction have earned her the respect of the New Yorker set, hasn't spoken to her sister Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh) in years. So Pauline is surprised when Margot turns up at the family home, with pubescent son Claude (Zane Pais) in tow but husband Jim (John Turturro) conspicuously abse...
Released:
2007
Rated:
R
Length:
91 mins