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Summary: Quirky, dark and hilarious...
Review: The Royal Tenenbaums is the kind of film you either love or hate. A dark comedy about a highly dysfunctional family led by bizarre patriarch Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) who'd abandoned them all two decades ago. Now he wants to return to his clinically detached former wife Etheline (Angelica Houston), but she is being courted by the family accountant (Danny Glover). A series of quirks of fate bring the kids back under their Mom's roof and the family - adopted daughter Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow), Chas (Ben Stiller) and Richie (Luke Wilson) and Chas' two sons all find themselves together for the first time in nearly twenty years. The results are both strange and hilarious. A very original movie - a must see.
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Summary: A waste of my time
Review: I recently viewed this movie as a rental and i think it is probably the worst movie i have ever seen. I wouldnt even rate it one star, but its the lowest i could go.
I assumed this would be an awesome and hilarious film, with actors such as Gene Hackman, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson and Bill Murray but what i got was a boring, off beat movie with no direction.
Ben Stiller was plain, Owen Wilsons character didnt have any good lines, Ben Wilson can't Act, Bill Murray didnt get any punch lines, which is his strong point, Danny Glover didnt have enough direction to express himself and Gywneth Paltrow was..well...Gywneth Paltrow, very flat. Gene hackman was the only glimmer of hope this film has, and i mean the tiniest little glimmer you could imagine. No wonder it was only at the Aussie cinema's for a week.
To anyone who considers buying this film, I beg you to rent it first and see for yourself how [bad] it is.
I'd like to hear back from anyone else who had similar feelings to myself. With a cast to die for this movie should have been much more.
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Summary: Waste of My Time
Review: We rented this movie today, because I was really in the mood for a comedy. And that's what it was advertised as--and I figured, with Ben Stiller and Bill Murray, how could it not be funny? But was I wrong! This movie is neither comedy or drama. It is not funny, save for some scant comically weird moments. I would say it is more depressing than anything else. Gwyneth Paltrow looks and acts like a zombie, the Owen Wilson character seemed to have no purpose at all in the film. And gee, that's a really exciting scene, to have druggy Wilson crash his car into a house and kill a little dog. Wow, what drama. Or was that supposed to be funny? What was the purpose of that scene I wonder? Or the purpose of most scenes in this movie. The story tries to focus on the great patriarch, Gene Hackman, trying to make it up to his family. But the story really goes nowhere. There's too many silly little subplots that go nowhere, dialog that puts you to sleep, and scenes that make apparently no sense. I wish that the reviews on the rentals would accurately tell you what a film is about. This movie is not a comedy, it is not funny, it is not "deep" or emotional, or anything. Just dull dull dull...
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Summary: don't bother!
Review: auuugh what a pretentious film. Attempting to be poignant, insightful and funny and it does none of these. Talk it over with your arthouse buddies at starbucks and pretend you loved it...but you didn't...because you couldn't!
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Summary: This movie [isn't good]...now go watch it.
Review: Luckily, I waited long enough to see this film. When the movie first came out, I recall hearing rave reviews and all of this hype building up behind it, which usually a piece of art can't live up to. Most of the people I asked about The Royal Tenenbaums after seeing it fell into this category - set up for the letdown, and letdown they were. I on the other hand, armed with their disappointment, came out a champion having found a new favorite film to watch repeatedly on pirated satelite television. Amazing piece of work. I will buy this DVD today.
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Summary: Such a wonderful SURPRISE! GREAT MOVIE
Review: Ah, the eccentricities of family. I'm not sure everyone would enjoy this movie. But, I am a huge fan of Wes Anderson, the Wilson brothers, and of Ben Stiller and i ADORE this movie. The characters in this movie are so funny and bizarrely human. The DVD case is great because it's illustrated and has a whole map of the house. Gwyneth Paltrow's character in this is so excellent, i wore black eyeliner after seeing this. If you liked Bottle Rocket and wilson's other films, I think you'll enjoy this one too.
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Summary: Such a wonderful SURPRISE! GREAT MOVIE
Review: Ah, the eccentricities of family. I'm not sure everyone would enjoy this movie. But, I am a huge fan of the Wilson brothers, and of Ben Stiller and i ADORE this movie. The characters in this movie are so funny and bizarrely human. The DVD case is great because it's illustrated and has a whole map of the house. Gwyneth Paltrow's character in this is so excellent, i wore black eyeliner after seeing this. If you liked Bottle Rocket and wilson's other films, I think you'll enjoy this one too.
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Summary: Funny, over-the-top but empty
Review: Quirky black-comedy about poor Mr. Royal Tenembaum (Hackman) who never really gave himself the chance to understand his bizarre family and plans to make up for it by conning them into loving him by saying he'll be dead in six weeks. But with suspicious Glover hot on his case, his life gets turned upside-down, for better or worse. Artistic and entertaining, with a cracking ensemble of a cast. But one still can't help but think that there is something missing...perhaps a less pretentious story.
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Summary: Bad , Dull and Boring
Review: It looks as though this American director might like French and Italian films a lot and so he thought he would make a European style American film. Bad Idea!!! This film is so dull and boring and bland that I could barely watch it from beginning to end. It's not funny. It's not dramatic. The characters are dull and quite frankly might have been more interesting if played by unknown actors rather than Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller, Anjelica Huston and the rest. I try to stay away from any film that is "Made in America" and just renting this one, (thank God I didn't buy it) reminds me why I feel this way. The only redeeming quality about this film is that it was completely free of any of that "ticky tack" product placement nonsense so popular in most American commercial films. Why there wasn't a Pizza Hut Box or a can of Coke to be seen anywhere in this film. I don't recommend it to anyone who regularly watches Foreign films as I don't think they would find it interesting, thought provoking or clever.
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Summary: Indie people are the new gen of "the in crowd"
Review: The Royal Tenenbaums was horrible. The story was horrible. A good cast of characters were horrible, (except Gweneth Paltrow who was hot and horrible). The most aimless films like "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," were more poignant than this. If you want to see good comedies with a wry, ironic and intangible humor watch films like "Buffalo 66," or "Waking Life." I saw a behind the seens look at Wes Anderson while he made this movie and he is as clueless as the plot. Could I do better? I don't know. I'm stil young and in school. However, there are many more intelligent, funny and witty young writers and directors out there. Wes Craven is only scary.
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