The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Duration: 110 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Wes Anderson
Stars: Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston and Ben Stiller
IMDb score:
7,6 (336.396)
Releasedate: 5 October 2001
The Royal Tenenbaums plot
"Family isn't a word ... It's a sentence."
Three child prodigies, now grown up, stay with their mother for a while due to coincidence. Their father, Royal Tenenbaum, left them years ago. When he learns that his wife, from whom he has never officially divorced, wants to remarry, he does everything he can to make amends with his family.
Actors and actresses
Royal Tenenbaum
Etheline Tenenbaum
Chas Tenenbaum
Margot Tenenbaum
Richie Tenenbaum
Eli Cash
Raleigh St. Clair
Henry Sherman
Dusty
Pagoda
Reviews & comments
IH88
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- 9785 messages
- 3195 votes
“All memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums had been erased by two decades of betrayal, failure and disaster.”
I'm starting to become a fan of Wes Anderson. The man has an interesting and idiosyncratic vision and directing style, and The Royal Tenenbaums has once again become a colourful, absurd and energetic film with strange characters, bone-dry humor and delightful dialogues. Light-hearted entertainment and dramatic developments fight for priority and that is a balancing act that is difficult to sustain.
Still, Anderson succeeds for the most part (only at the end it goes a bit wrong). This is my kind of humor and the actors are also perfectly cast. I want to mention Paltrow special because it's amazing how she's completely absorbed in her role. I also enjoyed audiovisually and Anderson has again managed to create a beautiful world. The man has an amazing fantasy and knows how to translate it well to the silver screen.
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SmackItUp
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- 3505 messages
- 2656 votes
Quite fun.
However, if you know what Anderson is capable of (Grand Budapest Hotel), it is a minor setback. He is clearly still searching here, although the ingredients are already there. Strange characters, bright colors and dry humor. It all looks great, but the genius is missing. Some scenes are not always exciting, and the Owen Wilson character is rather annoying.
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Sergio Leone
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- 4464 messages
- 3148 votes
Cool.
Very nicely shot film, that's for sure. Where I still find Rushmore a bit Wes Anderson light, that is no longer the case for The Royal Tenenbaums. Very colorful affair. Almost pleasantly portrayed, with a lot of stylization, details, contrasts. I like Anderson's fairytale (audiovisual) style.
In terms of content, that is sometimes a different story. Somehow that makes sense. The Tenenbaums are also a fool together. The balancing act between chaos and modest tragicomedy is not always obvious. Anderson manages to keep that balance quite well, although the drama clearly takes the upper hand in the last half hour. Not that that's a bad thing. That too is simply well done. Here and there some mistakes are made, often those are characters that I find a bit too irritating or not funny. In this case, it's Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson.
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