Noah Baumbach’s Wedding

By Andrew Gnerre
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/blog/item/noah_baumbach_margot_at_the_wedding_20071027/
Noah Baumbach made a splash in the independent film world with his debut film, Kicking and Screaming (no, not the movie about a children’s soccer team starring Will Ferrell, but the coming-of-age tale of four recent college graduates who struggle with the idea of entering the real world). Ten years later, a period during which he would release two feature films to lukewarm receptions, Baumbach struck back with The Squid and the Whale. The loosely autobiographical film, about two brothers dealing with their parents’ divorce, saw even more praise upon its release than his first film. The film won two awards at Sundance, for directing and screenplay, and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize, as well as five Independent Spirit Awards and one Oscar.