The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
80 %
Reviews Counted: 170 Fresh: 136 Rotten:34 Average Rating: 7.2/10
Consensus:
The Royal Tenenbaums is a delightful adult comedy with many quirks and a sense of poignancy. Many critics especially praised Hackman's performance.
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Theatrical Release: Dec 14, 2001 Limited
Box Office: $52,307,676
Synopsis: In their youth, the Tenenbaums--an eccentric New York family--were extraordinary. They were all geniuses. Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) was a successful litigator. His wife Etheline (Angelica Huston) raised their children to be ambitious, entrepreneurial, and creative--then... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Gene Hackman, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anjelica Huston, Luke Wilson
Director: Wes Anderson
Screenwriter: Owen Wilson, Wes Anderson
Producer: Barry Mendel, Scott Rudin, Wes Anderson
Composer: Mark Mothersbaugh
Screenwriter: Owen Wilson, Wes Anderson
Producer: Barry Mendel, Scott Rudin, Wes Anderson
Composer: Mark Mothersbaugh
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As with Anderson's Rushmore, there's a certain annoying preciousness to this film -- it's not so consistently wise or amusing as he thinks it is -- but it has its moments.
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08/14/08
Top Critic
Wes Anderson has made his masterpiece. It's going to be hard for him to match it.
08/14/08
A wacky story that bumps up against one's heart as often as it does one's funny bone...
08/07/08
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Top Critic
Anderson's film continues his exporation of dysfunctional families, this time a round done as novelistic film, with title cards for each chapter.
08/28/07
Mr. Anderson and Mr. Wilson are gifted artists, and I look forward to seeing them produce something that strives for more than just sustaining their own hype.
07/14/07
A comedy of unrequited love, melancholy and disappointment. One to savour.
06/24/06
Wes Anderson simply has a unique way of looking at the world, and through him the ridiculous is made sublime. He has a hell of a distinctive style for someone his age. It would appear he might even be some kind of goddamn genius himself.
12/06/05
You can tell Anderson loves this family, as screwed-up as they are. Because he does, we come to love them too. ... If there's hope for the Tenenbaums, there's hope for all.
01/15/05
Indulges in a set-up that bleeds far into the film. Scattered, the production lacks build. Hopes that oddity will be enough to entertain and sometimes it does.
01/09/05
Don't be prodded into thinking the movie must be brilliant just because the characters within are allegedly smarter than you are.
11/30/04
Wes Anderson poses a strong challenge to the Coen brothers when it comes to slightly surreal, screwball comedies.
06/22/04
Wes Anderson has created his own style, which has over his three films become one of the most recognisable, easy to appreciate and successful stylings in modern day cinema.
03/04/04
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