The Royal Tenenbaums

Name: The Royal Tenenbaums
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: December 14, 2001
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 76
Cast: Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow

2001

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Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: December 14, 2001 | R

Starring: Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow

Summary: 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 andRoyal 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. [Touchstone Pictures]]… Expand

Director: Wes Anderson

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 110 min

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Lou Lumenick

You'll laugh, you'll cry -- the year's best movie. Read full review

Ron Wells

A very funny and painfully relevant two hours of entertainment. Read full review

Mark Caro

More flat-out funny than "Rushmore," but in neither film is the humor joke-based. What you're laughing at is the behavior of characters who are so fixed in their idiosyncratic worldviews that they can't help but careen into each other like out-of-control bumper cars. Read full review

David Edelstein

Hackman gives the con-man lines a simple, straight-ahead urgency that makes the man first hilarious and then, as the pleasures of human company are withdrawn and his resentment begins to bubble up, inexplicably touching. This is a great performance. Read full review

David Sterritt

Anderson's cinematic style gets more adventurous from one movie to the next, and he begins this story with bursts of originality that leave his respected "Rushmore" far behind. Read full review

Lawrence Toppman

Over the course of 108 minutes, The Royal Tenenbaums drops downward on the humor scale from hilarious to funny to quirky to pretentiously bizarre to chaotic. Read full review

Stephanie Zacharek

Anderson's other hallmarks here are brilliant gags that deflate in the execution, potentially interesting characters that end up so flat they feel as if they'd been cut out of paper, a plot that's all setup and no story. Read full review

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Davidp

Mar 3, 2008

Perfect. This movie is a perfect example of Wes Anderson's vision coming to life completely through absolute control and superb acting. "You wanna talk some jive?"

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bigturtles10

Apr 8, 2018

The characters of this movie and the relationships between these characters are what makes this movie one of the best movies ever made. Wes Anderson is one of my favorite directors. His movies are unlike any others. His movies have countless good qualities, but what stands out in this movieThe characters of this movie and the relationships between these characters are what makes this movie one of the best movies ever made. Wes Anderson is one of my favorite directors. His movies are unlike any others. His movies have countless good qualities, but what stands out in this movie are the characters and the complex relationships between these characters. The characters pop off the screen and into real life like magic in that special kind of way that makes me love movies. There are countless intricate and amazing relationships in this movie like Margot and Richie's who are in love but related (not by blood). Or even like the small but hilarious relationship between Raleigh st Clair and Dudley who has a rare learning disability. However my favorite is the relationship between Chas and Royal, that royal has ruined and is able to mend it through time, and saving the thing Chas loves most in the world (his two boys). Royal is able to mend this relationship and in the end chas loves him again and this is beautiful. Royal accomplished what he wanted to do all along, and make it right and earn the love of his children again.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

koukledieu

Aug 14, 2012

This is the most down-rated movie ever! Great director, fu**ing good actor and a perfect story. A superb family, who cant evolve because of their own fear.

3 of 3 users found this helpful30

EmmaG.

Aug 24, 2008

Simply delightful! i enjoyed every minute of this splendid film and the splendid acting in it. one of the funniest and best films ive ever seen

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CinePlacebo

Jun 25, 2012

Una película que es difícil de catalogar, ya comienza a generar expectativas. ¿Comedia o drama? Antípodas que rara vez permiten compartir protagonismo con igual intensidad. The Royal Tenenbaums es una película que se debate entre estos dos géneros,Una película que es difícil de catalogar, ya comienza a generar expectativas. ¿Comedia o drama? Antípodas que rara vez permiten compartir protagonismo con igual intensidad. The Royal Tenenbaums es una película que se debate entre estos dos géneros, que el ingenioso guión permite deleitarse con impresionantes actuaciones y navegar entre sonrisas pícaras y duelos de vida. Una postura arriesgada que divide al público entre desconcierto y aclamación, un filme que abre el camino de consolidación a un director por su particular propuesta estética y manera de ironizar realidades.
Reseña completa: http://cineplacebos.webnode.es/news/un-mundo-en-una-familia/… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

NickTheCritick

Apr 23, 2022

Upper class New Yorkers Royal and Etheline Tenenbaum had three children. Three child prodigies: Chas, a little financial genius inventor of Dalmatian mice; Richie, a young tennis champion; and Margot, adopted daughter and hyper-depressed playwright.
After years of separation, the three adultUpper class New Yorkers Royal and Etheline Tenenbaum had three children. Three child prodigies: Chas, a little financial genius inventor of Dalmatian mice; Richie, a young tennis champion; and Margot, adopted daughter and hyper-depressed playwright.
After years of separation, the three adult siblings find themselves taking a dip in the past of the large and colorful childhood home on Archer Avenue.
It is a grotesque psycho-comedy, melancholy in the background and hilarious on the surface, original and nostalgic.… Expand

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csw12

Apr 4, 2012

Its absolutely terrible. The acting ,or rather lack of it, is terrible. The entire film is really just poor from start to finish and an absolute waste of time.

0 of 9 users found this helpful09

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