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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: HACKMAN,GENE EAN: 0786936165425 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC Label: Touchstone Pictures Languages: Manufacturer: Touchstone Pictures Model: 157 MPN: 786936165425 Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Touchstone Pictures Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 09, 2002 Running Time: 110 minutes Studio: Touchstone Pictures Theatrical Release Date: December 14, 2001 Editorial Review: Product Description: The family of three former child prodigies reunite after learning that their father, Royal Tenenbaum, has a terminal illness. Genre: Feature Film-Comedy Rating: R Release Date: 7-SEP-2004 Media Type: DVD Amazon.com: 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 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Hated it.I get it. It's trying to be a deadpan, quirky movie about a dysfunctional family. It just isn't NEARLY as good as the pretentious people out there would have you believe. Arrested Development does the same thing but with WAY more interesting characters and humour that never misses the mark. Rating:  - the royal tenenbaumsI think that Wes Anderson has done a wonderful job directing this film. Initially upon the first viewing I wasn't a hundred percent in love with the movie, however this is the type of film that should be viewed more than once. Every time you watch it you learn something or catch some joke that you didn't notice before. This film does not use the typically blatant humor instead it is rye and witty in a sort of dark way. I think the manner in which the story is narrated and delivered is great not to ... Read More Rating:  - Entertaining but flawed and somehow superficialAfter gaining attention with his quirky early films BOTTLE ROCKET and RUSHMORE, writer and director Wes Anderson was able to bring together a wide Hollywood cast for his ambitious 2001 effort THE ROYAL TENNEBAUMS. As the movie opens, we are shown the rise of the three children of the Tannebaum family, prodigies who excel in business, sports and literature respectively. The upbringing of these little geniuses is left to their mother Etheline (Angelica Huston) after their father Royal (Gene Hackman) ... Read More Rating: - best movie, everWith Wes Anderson movies, most people either love or hate the films. I think it's either you get it or you don't. With the Tenenbaums, I absolutely loved every second of the film from the first time I saw it in the theater in 2001. Gene Hackman is perfectly cast as Royal with his sometimes careless comments to his children during flashbacks, but his funny little sayings, "You're true blue Ethel," makes him almost hard to hate. Ben Stiller (Chas) is perfect as his crazy perfectionist character. There ... Read More Rating: - DelightfulOne of my absolute favourite movies! The commentary on the Criterion is also worth listening to. |
