The editor of Film Comment said in awe of The Royal Tenenbaums: "I have never seen moments like these in...
The editor of Film Comment said in awe of The Royal Tenenbaums: "I have never seen moments like these in any other movie". This aptly observed the movie's sense of revelation for fans. If Wes Anderson's earlier films (the brilliant Bottle Rocket, Rushmore) didn't do it already, Tenenbaums – the storybook-like tale of a family of failed geniuses yearning for past glories – heralded the arrival of an original voice in film comedy.
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81 %217 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
89 %256,508 reviewsAudience score rating
"Underachieves in its own way by trapping an expansive, probing story in a brittle, highly artificial style that constricts character and emotional development."
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Variety
Variety"At once endearing and unbearably show-offy, it seems to be the product of a sensibility formed by age-inappropriate reading."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Anderson offers no phony uplift for the Tenenbaums or for audiences. But he does know how to take a sad song and make it better. In these troubled times, that's a gift."
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone"Exists on a knife edge between comedy and sadness. There are big laughs, and then quiet moments when we're touched."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"Director Wes Anderson, who also co-wrote the "Royal" script with actor Owen Wilson, unquestionably has one of America's most distinctive filmmaking sensibilities, but that is part of the problem. As my mother used to say, too good is no good."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesThe Royal Tenenbaums | Details
Award winner- Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical (Hackman), Golden Globes 2002
- Rating
- MA15+, for some lnaguage, sexuality/nudity and drug content
- Runtime
- 110
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama
- Country of origin
- USA
