Rating of
2.5/4
A director disappearing up his own a**
jmoney1776 - wrote on 10/23/07
The Royal Tenenbaums isn't a bad movie. It's just not a terribly good one. I love Wes Anderson's first two movies Bottle Rocket and Rushmore. Both were extremely clever and witty without being too pretentious. RT on the other hand, is slightly witty and super pretentious. This is the point where Anderson started believing the hype about himself and disappeared up his own a**. The performances are all good, the problem is the characters. They are written as being so quirky that nothing seems real about them. If this film was a cartoon it would have worked better. In all honesty the first half hour is pretty engaging but by the time everyone's back in the house it goes flat and never comes back save for Owen Wilson who unfortunately has a pretty small role. I would not tell someone not to see this film, it's very well made, but I can't fully recommend it either.
