For some odd reason, this movie remains one of my favorites. The odd personalities throughout of well portrayed. The cast selection is excellent. The narrative style of Alec Baldwin is captivating. Rather dry, tongue-in-cheek. ( )

Another excellent Wes Anderson. ( )

Didn't used to like either of the Wilson boys OR Ben Stiller, AT all, but came to accept them while watching this, as Gwyneth annoyed me SO much more! Otherwise, loved the RTs, and am having so much fun completing my watching of Wes Anderson movies!

The patriarch of an eccentric family tries to befriend his adult children.

Quietly absurd. Ever since it came out, I've never quite been able to decide how much I like this movie. It's not my favorite type of humor, but it's perfectly suited to film.

Concept: B
Story: B
Characters: A
Dialog: A
Pacing: A
Cinematography: A
Special effects/design: A
Acting: B
Music: A

Enjoyment: A

GPA: 3.7/4 ( )

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 Royal Tenenbaums is a hilarious, touching, and brilliantly stylized study of melancholy and redemption from Wes Anderson. (source: TMDb)