the royal tenenbaums review
My Rating: 7/10
IMDb Rating: 7.6/10 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 80% Metacritics Rating: 76/100 Roger Ebert: 3.5/4 My Favorite Quotes 1. Royal: He saved my life, you know. Thirty years ago. I was knifed at a bazaar in Calcutta, and he carried me to the hospital on his back. Ari: Who stabbed you? [Royal motions to Pagoda again] Royal: He did. There was a price on my head, and he was a hired assassin. Stuck me in the gut with a shiv. 2. Chas: Why did you try to kill yourself? Ethel: Don't press him right now. Richie: I wrote a suicide note. Chas: You did? Richie: Yeah. Right after I regained consciousness. Chas: Can we read it? Richie: No. Chas: Can you paraphrase it for us? Richie: I don't think so. Chas: Is it dark? Richie: Of course it's dark, it's a suicide note. 3. “Anybody interested in grabbing a couple of burgers and hittin' the cemetery?” - Royal Quirkiest film I have seen to date The plot is exactly what the title entails. A family by the name of the Tenenbaums, oh ya and their family is extremely fucked up and does a lot of weird shit. Along with a weird set of dialogue and first person narration. I just wanted to point out that Bill Murray has been in so many of these quirky films its quite amazing. For example, he was is Moonrise Kingdom, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, Rushmore, and now this movie. And I am certain he has been in many other weird films that I have yet to watch. Getting back to the review at hand. With so many big-name actors such as Owen Wilson, Bill Murray, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Luke Wilson, and Alex Baldwin as the narrator this movie inevitably had great acting for such awkward roles. Although, it was not nearly as entertaining as other quirky films like Moonrise Kingdom or Submarine, I still felt quite engaged. And I firmly believe that it had plenty of memorable scenes that made it unique. Unfortunately, I felt like it tapered off track quite a bit with the whole incest love relation between Gwyneth Paltrow and Luke Wilson. It felt very non genuine and forced. But that might be just me. Anyway, a fun film to watch and quite humorous as well no weed required. |
Positives and Negatives
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Criteria /10
Acting/Characters: 9/10
Plot: 8/10
Originality: 9/10
Pacing: 8/10
Soundtrack: 6/10
Dialogue: 8/10
Special Effect: 7/10
Theme: 5/10
Ending: 6/10
Plot: 8/10
Originality: 9/10
Pacing: 8/10
Soundtrack: 6/10
Dialogue: 8/10
Special Effect: 7/10
Theme: 5/10
Ending: 6/10