Zane Pais ... Claude
Susan Blackwell ... Woman on Train
Nicole Kidman ... Margot
Jack Black ... Malcolm
Flora Cross ... Ingrid
Jennifer Jason Leigh ... Pauline
Seth Barrish ... Toby
Matthew Arkin ... Alan
Michael Cullen ... Mr. Vogler
Enid Graham ... Mrs. Vogler
Sophie Nyweide ... Vogler Daughter
Justin Roth ... Vogler Son
Ciarán Hinds ... Dick Koosman
Halley Feiffer ... Maisy Koosman
Joanthan Scwartz ... Malcolm's Friend
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Margot Zeller (Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman), a savagely bright, razor-tongued short-story writer who creates chaos wherever she lights, sets off on a surprise journey to the wedding of her estranged and free-spirited, easy-going sister Pauline (Golden Globe® nominee Jennifer Jason Leigh).
Margot arrives -- her all-too-rapidly maturing son Claude (newcomer Zane Pais) in tow -- with the gale force of a hurricane. From the minute she meets Pauline's fiancé -- the unemployed artist Malcolm (Jack Black) -- Margot starts to plant seeds of doubt about the union.
As the wedding approaches, one complication crashes into the next – vengeful neighbors, a beloved tree in the backyard, and Margot's own marital turmoil. The two sisters find themselves at the precipice of an unexpected transformation ultimately revealing that even when your family is about to implode… the one thing you can cling to for solace and comfort is your imploding family.