Review 9: The Royal Tenenbaums
Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) was a successful attorney who had three children with his wife Etheline (Anjelica Huston), an archaeologist. Each of the Tenenbaum kids was a precocious genius: Chas (Ben Stiller) made a killing as a child investor. Richie (Luke Wilson) was a junior tennis champ and three-time U.S. Nationals winner. The adopted Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) was a playwright who won a 50,000-dollar Braverman Grant in the ninth grade. When Royal abruptly left his family, however, it was the beginning of two decades of betrayal and failure that would scar the Tenenbaums for life. Their past resentments are bitterly held against Royal when he suddenly reappears, claiming to have six weeks to live and a desire to reconnect with his family.
The plot is brilliant and is an honest portrait of a dysfunctional family reunion, the soundtrack is catchy, the directing is fun, its cinematography is brilliant, the editing is sharp and the production and costume design may not be extravagant but they are all well made.
The humor is one of the belief suspending and funny senses of humor I've seen in a movie. Its descibed as ironic and absurdist.
The acting was excellent as well, Particularly from Gene Hackman he deserved that Golden Globe for this and the rest of the cast is great.
The Royal Tenenbaums is another success from Wes Anderson and proper look at a dysfunctional family reunion. I say see it.
Comment if you have any ideas or suggestions for this review. 4/5, 8/10.
The Anonymous Critic
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