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a simple, straight-ahead urgency that makes the man first hilarious and then, as the pleasures of human company are withdrawn and his resentment begins to bubble up, inexplicably touching.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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geewah

Jan 15, 2021

The best movie of 2001.
Original, quirky and most of all laugh out loud hilarious.
Gene Hackman is brilliant as Royal, a grifter who finds some heart. Wes Anderson's best movie to date.

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YeetusMcGeetus

Oct 24, 2018

Truly Wes Anderson's masterpiece. A family drama in the same vein as The Magnificent Ambersons. This is a must-see-film for any lover of cinema. A real treat!

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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beingryanjude

Sep 3, 2014

The definitive Wes Anderson masterpiece. The Royal Tenenbaums is one of the quirkiest films of all-time. And yes, quirky does often attribute to quality filmmaking--especially in the hands of Wes Anderson.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

Spangle

Jul 24, 2013

Wes Anderson is truly on display here. The quirkiness of this family certainly shines through with great acting from the whole cast. Good, fun comedy here without a doubt. But, if you're going to watch this, be ready for it to be weird.

2 of 2 users found this helpful20

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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