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December 14, 2001
December 14, 2001
Walt Disney Video
R (Restricted)
Aram Aslanian-Persico, Alec Baldwin, Seymour Cassel, James Fitzgerald (II), Danny Glover, Irene Gorovaia, Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Jonah Meyerson, Bill Murray, Kumar Pallana, Gwyneth Paltrow, Larry Pine, Grant Rosenmeyer, Stephen Lea Sheppard, Ben Stiller, Amedeo Turturro, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson
"Wes Anderson's finest, quirky humor since "Bottle Rocket""
- WinkJunior, gave it a 5/5
"One of the best movies I have ever seen!!"
- Ben , gave it a 5/5
In a fitting follow-up to Rushmore, writer-director Wes Anderson and cowriter-actor Owen Wilson have crafted another comedic masterwork that ripples with inventive, richly emotional substance. Because of the all-star cast, hilarious dialogue, and oddball characters existing in their own, wholly original universe, it's easy to miss the depth and complexity of Anderson's brand of comedy. Here, it revolves around Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman), the errant patriarch of a dysfunctional family of geniuses, including precocious playwright Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow), boyish financier and grieving widower Chas (Ben Stiller), and has-been tennis pro Richie (Luke Wilson). All were raised with supportive detachment by mother Etheline (Anjelica Huston), and all ache profoundly for a togetherness they never really had. The Tenenbaums reconcile somehow, but only after Anderson and Wilson (who costars as a loopy literary celebrity) put them through a compassionate series of quirky confrontations and rekindled affections. Not for every taste, but this is brilliant work from any perspective. --Jeff Shannon - Amazon.com
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. The Criterion Collection is proud to present Wes Anderson's hilarious, touching, and brilliantly stylized study of melancholy and redemption. - Description
