The Royal Tenenbaums
Wes Anderson
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Plot Summary
Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) and his wife, Etheline (Anjelica Huston), had three children -- Chas, Margot, and Richie -- and then they separated. Chas (Ben Stiller) started buying real estate in his early teens and seemed to have an almost preternatural understanding of international finance. Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) was a playwright and received a Braverman Grant of $50,000 in the ninth grade. Richie (Luke Wilson) was a junior champion tennis player and won the U.S. Nationals three years in a row. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Touchstone Home Entertainment is proud to present Wes Anderson's hilarious, touching, and brilliantly stylized study of melancholy and redemption.
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Customer Reviews
The Magnificent Tenebaums
The term masterpiece if often over used, or under deserved, but this modern masterpiece is a fantastic piece of whimsy and dark introspection encased in a fluid structure that weaves throughout the film. The witty narrative allows the viewer to enjoy a theatrical style that plays out in a epic of family dysfunction amid conspicuous success. The tenet that happiness is more than things is borne out through the touchingly Shakespearean tragic figure of Royal, with his narcissistic character, downfall and eventual redemption as a father and reasonable human being. The strength of the ensemble cast, engaging soundtrack and skilful handling of dark relationship issues combine very well. One of my favourite movies, and made me a Wes Anderson convert.
Absolutely fabulous!
The Royal Tenebaums is a fantastic, ingeniously constructed film about this totally entertaining, canny and original family. It instantly grabbed a spot on my list of favourite movies, a few moments after it began. The cast, themes, set and storyline could not of been better formulated, and come together in a brilliantly superb way, creating a wonderful, artistic, enjoyable and unique film, that cannot be beaten! 10/10
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