"Margaret"

Has anyone seen this movie in the East Village recently? I thought it was a very good movie and can see why it's on many top 20 lists for 2011. I can also see that the movie was probably not edited for final viewing by the director. I had read that this movie got caught up in litigation due to creative differences between director and Fox Searchlight. Too bad, it should be seen by a larger # of people. Much better than the very overrated "The Decendents", especially the performances.

• Amazing film that deserved better from the studio. Happy the critics have gone to bat for it, though. Really powerful and incredibly well-acted. Never thought Anna Paquin had a performance like this in her. It's also a great New York film, and I think this will become the definitive post-9/11 movie. The Paquin character's slow breakdown as a result of a traumatic event rang really true to me. I saw Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close not too long before watching this, and boy, what a phony, manipulative piece of crap that movie is compared to Margaret.

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• Had it received more support, Anna Paquin and Jeannie Berlin would have been contenders for Oscar nominations.

• Isn't this the film that was shelved for years for some reason also starring Matt Damon?

• R3 agreed. I would say Pacquin would be a lock for a nomination and Berlin and J Cameron considered for supporting nods. Excellent cast.

• Why was it shelved?

• [quote]Why was it shelved? I think it was actually completed in 2005 but the director kept changing his mind about how he wanted the final edit to be. It sat on a shelf for around 5 years until Martin Scorsese agreed to help edit the film. It got a quick release in the fall and went to VOD. However, after some incredibly good word of mouth and the movie appearing on a few best of lists for 2011 Sony Pictures Classics decided to launch a Oscar campaign for it and sent out screeners for the movie last week.

• I was explaining this movie to a co-worker today after seeing it in the Village last week. I could not believe the depths of my description of events that took place in this movie. Rarely have I found myself looking so deeply into the human emotions and relationships in a movie. For me, that alone tells me how brilliant this movie was. A bit long for sure, but worth it, imo.

• I'm watching it right now.

• Kenny Lonergan is a maddening person. That's why it sat on a shelf for years. And did he mention that he's best friends with Matthew Broderick? 700 times?

• It's an amazing movie - like nothing I've ever seen. Broderick bailed his friend Lonergan out with the money to finish it.

• I am so surprised to see the positive reactions to this film. I watched about 15 minutes and gave up on it--it was awful.

• How does The Damon Butt look in this film?

• Where can I see the 3 hr version?