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Summary: Fantastic...those who disagree clearly don't get it
Review: This movie is excellent! Wes Anderson has made a movie that pokes fun at the now typical broken family dynamic, and demonstrates the ridiculous manifestations of love, hate, apathy, and renewal. At first glance, the dialogue seems pretty normal and not at all special, but upon further reflection, you realize just how clever and inspired it really is. Approach this movie focusing more on character development rather than plot. Each silly member of the cast represents the fickle neuroses we all harbor, but are afraid to show. For those viewers that thought it was unrealistic and cheesy, you've missed the point!! This is not supposed to be the real world - it's supposed to be all of us, the guilty, the resentful, the angry, and the disheartened, amplified. If you got turned off by the dense sarcasm aand rough, awkward interactions, then you've missed all the beauty and sheer ridiculousness of human nature. Not every comedy has to use in-your-face jokes and slap-stick jaw-droppers; this movie has class in its subtle, incisive wit. If you know how to laugh at yourself, then you'll know how to laugh at this movie.
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Summary: American Royalty
Review: Yes, this movie is a comedy, but if you are looking for the potty humor of say, Austin Powers, look elsewhere. The Royal Tenenbaums shines thanks to the performances of Gwyneth Paltrow and Luke Wilson. Bitingly sarcastic, this movie will be sure to make you laugh or snicker, even if it's only on the inside. Ignore the negative reviews of this movie and rent it. Better yet, buy it. It is well worth the money.
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Summary: a call for more intelligent movie goers
Review: i must voice some disappointment in humanity. i decided to read some of the reviews that have been written here about the royal tennenbaums. wow--there are quite a number of people out there that fail to recognize brilliance. perhaps they should all go out and rent the next jerry bruckheimer and michael bay tear-milking fest. however, i would hope that there are people out there that possess both and heart and brain and bring BOTH with them when they decide to watch a movie. for those that do, wes anderson's film should be an engaging and stimulating treat. the movie plays like a book literally and figuratively. unfornately, it doesn't sound like there are too many readers out there anymore. a shame. well mr. anderson, i think you have brilliantly achieved a level of genius on the salinger level for showing characters, flawed and pained (like the rest of us out there), and you have made them equally lovable. if only more movies were able to do so...actually...if only more people were able to understand what they're seeing.
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Summary: Dissapointment
Review: I watch so many movies and I was so suprisingly dissapointed. Great Cast, Bad Script. I have never fallen asleep in a movie but I tried twice to watch this movie and it was very hard to keep awake. Not a recommended movie. Sorry:0(
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Summary: Smart comedy that is as funny as it is intelligent
Review: I won't bother with a description of the film (which can be found above), but I will recommend this film to anyone with a comedic preference. This finely crafted comedy is very funny and also smartly written, allowing the viewer to laugh at the life of the Tenenbaums while also hitting on a very cerebral level. One can't help but feel for the Tenenbaums while watching this. I've waited for quite awhile to find a film with this much depth and enjoyment. I, without any reserve, recommend this ground-breaking film.
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Summary: Forget all the Naysayers...
Review: If you like sophisticated, well made, intelligent comedies with good acting and directing, this is the movie for you. If you like Mony Python or Saturday Night Live, watch Monty Pyton or Saturday Night Live.
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Summary: Not for everyone, Haters just arent the type for this genre.
Review: Celica. Ferrari.Mustang.Camaro.- THese are the cars. One that is especially fond of these type of cars may want to look elsewhere if wanting to use their Amazon gift certificate! This movie is on the opposite end of say...Ace Ventura:Pet Detective. It is subtle creativity. Drama teachers may like this type of humor, as well as movie buffs and those with a dry, witty sense of humor. Immeadiately following the movie, I came to the conclusion that this movie seems more INTEResTING, even disturbingly captivating, than purely entertaining. It seems the writers could, and wanted to make a darkly disturbing realistic mental film, maybe about drug abuse, childhood disasters, early- 30 midlife crisees, etc. but either didnt have the gusto or didnt want the label. By making such a film as they did, though a bit lighter and more devoid such disturbances like character tormention and inner anguish(breaking the rules of a comedy but not smashing them to bits), they attempted to "mainstream" it and make it more accesible, a little less heavy and more trivial. With the all-star cast and big publicity, easier to swallow seems to be the safe route to go. Speaking of breaking the rules, since this movie is kind of a drama/morose comedy, it breaks many rules of comedy: namely dont put graphic suicide attempts or incest in the movie, so beware, these parts are after the first half hour so put the kids to bed. I have some friends that bought it and did NOT like it, though as the title of these comments implies, this film is not easily accessible nor fit for mainstream view. This is good, since I love to see a film that is both creatively written and directed from a non-norm perspective, provided it doesnt detract from the script, actor talent, etc. On the flip side, the 20 year old stocker friend of mine at the local blockbuster liked it enough to buy it, saying the replay value and things u notice in the background were worth the price. Just as Pulp Fiction got mixed reviews, so will this. Bottom line: IF your open to exploring new sub-genres and/or like subtle irony to make u chuckle, give it a try. I hope this has been helpful, as when movies get drastically diff ratings like this film I think people could use an explanation as to if they might enjoy it. Put the VW in the garage and pop some "black corn", put the kids to bed (the laughter noise wont wake them!) and get ready for some all-star humor... with a dark and interesting twist.
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Summary: Dysfunctional Fun
Review: ***The Rise and Fall of the Royal Tenenbaums*** (and the rise again). Another masterpiece of humor by Wes Anderson who brought us "Rushmore". This time the film was co-written with Owen Wilson. A dandy home on the corner of a NYC residential block is where Royal Tenenbaum resides. He, the patriarch of the family and his wife Ethel, (Anjelica Huston) live each on separate floors of the home. All of Tenebaum's children are gifted...so much so that the mother, Ethel writes a novel of her life with the young prodigies. Why so smart? Is it the isolation between the children or their parents? Or are they just plain gifted? Chas Tenenbaum, (Ben Stiller) is a financial wizard...buying real estate from the age of 12. Margot Tenenbaum, (Gwyneth Paltrow) is a prize winning playwright as a young girl. Finally, we have Richie, (Luke Wilson) a child prodigy of tennis. These are the Tenenbaum children. We see them in their habitats. We watch them as if they are goldfish swimming in individual tanks. Each child has an extreme personality and each child is utterly independent from the family as a whole. One day the family dynamics change forever. Royal, (Gene Hackman) decides he must leave. For the next twenty years or so life progresses without a father. The children grow up..each becoming a dehydrated model of what they once were. But each Tenenbaum child also becomes ordinary... Margot marries a man who knows nothing of her (played by Bill Murray). He doesn't even know she smokes. Her days of writing plays over. Chas, the financial wizard grows into a red, jumpsuit-wearing father of two, who lost his wife in an accident. He is also a paranoid safety phobic. Richie lost the tennis match of his life and hides behind long hair and a beard as an adult. Each Tenenbaum kid seems to have a few OCD's. Fun begins when Royal Tenebaum is broke, living away from home so long that he pioneers a plot to win back his family's affections. He pretends to have cancer. They don't believe him, nor do they care...but Royal moves back in the home with bad timing. His wife wants to remarry...she has fallen in love with Henry Sherman, (Danny Glover) who was her former accountant. One by one the Tenenbaum children migrate back to the home they grew up in. The entire story is narrated by Alec Baldwin. Each character is so detailed and developed it's kind of creepy. The movie oozes bottom-of-the-barrel-humor. A dry comedy with fabulous imagination. Some scenes make me laugh and others become quite serious and I laugh too. I ask myself "Am I sick for finding this funny?"
I think that is the point. The movie is strange enough to annoy some movie-goers, but grab the rare few who decide not to HAVE to "get it". It's like watching "Vanilla Sky"... a great movie, but relax and enjoy..don't ponder too much, or you miss the finer elements. I enjoyed the Royal Tenenbaums with all their dysfunctional weirdness and quirks...and I must say this may be the performance of a lifetime for Gene Hackman.
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Summary: Disastrous movie
Review: Every now and again a film comes along that is self-effacingly quirky, sharply insightful without being TOO corny and rabidly addictive without being overbearingly simplistic. Then, on the other hand, there are films which attempt to be all of the above, and fail appalingly. Sadly, The Royal Tenembaums falls firmly into the latter category. Let's be straight from the start. This film is shockingly awful. If only this film was as clever and witty as it thinks it is, it would be the best thing ever to have graced the widescreen. Sadly, it's so far up its own backside - with its all-star cast adding to the artistic pretension - that it fails to entertain, let alone engage the viewer on even the most rudimentary of levels. It's easy to imagine a merry middle-class crowd sitting around a dinner party table discussing the "hilarious" moments from this movie, but the comedic moments are about as hard-hitting as a left hook from Pee Wee Herman. The dialogue is cringe-inducingly forced, the characters do little to inspire viewer empathy and the direction - while probably way over my head - is pathetically contrived. I'm sure the stars of this movie can sleep better at night knowing they've been in an "artistically serious" film, but at the end of the day this piece of work assaults the senses like a sickening wave of nausea. If you're looking for a comedy and you choose this movie, be warned - just make sure you laugh at all the points you so obviously expected to laugh. There's nothing fresh, inventive or spontaneous about this film. Instead, it's just re-hashed nonsense that makes a feeble attempt to satisfy the sycophantic media morons that lap up this kind of nonsense like dehydrated kittens. I've had a better time sitting through a funeral.
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Summary: Unbelievable cast ... waisted down the toilet ??!
Review: Bill Murray ! Gwyneth Paltrow ! Danny Glover ! Gene Hackman ! Ben Stiller ! Angelica Houston !
What a fantastic cast ! I HAD to se it . What a waist of my time . The cast did exellent job , please , understand me right . But even that was unable to moove this movie over average 3 stars . Who wrote it , anyway ? Give me your agent's number ! If he can sell such low level script , he can sell anything !
After watching this movie , I tryed to understand , what I felt . Than I got it - I felt NOTHING ! And this is what this movie is about - absolutly nothing . I even didn't feel angry or upset about waist of my money - the actors was good .
If you have troubles sleeping - a MUST se film for you .
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