The Royal Tenenbaums
 | The Criterion CollectionDirected by Wes Anderson Starring: Owen Wilson, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow Touchstone Pictures, 2001, DVD Customer Rating: 654 reviews Recommend |
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The tenenbaum kids were all once child prodigies despite growing up with an ineffective father. Determined to make things right that he has a estranged family. Royal tenenbaum announces years later that he has a terminal illness and moves back into his wifes house where their children are also living. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 09/07/2004 Starring: Ben Stiller Gwyneth Paltrow Run time: 109 minutes Rating: R
In a fitting follow-up to Rushmore, writer-director Wes Anderson and cowriter-actor Owen Wilson have crafted another comedic masterwork that ripples with inventive, richly emotional substance. Because of the all-star cast, hilarious dialogue, and oddball characters existing in their own, wholly original universe, it's easy to miss the depth and complexity of Anderson's brand of comedy. Here, it revolves around Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman), the errant patriarch of a dysfunctional family of geniuses, including precocious playwright Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow), boyish financier and grieving widower Chas (Ben Stiller), and has-been tennis pro Richie (Luke Wilson). All were raised with supportive detachment by mother Etheline (Anjelica Huston), and all ache profoundly for a togetherness they never really had. The Tenenbaums reconcile somehow, but only after Anderson and Wilson (who costars as a loopy literary celebrity) put them through a compassionate series of quirky confrontations and rekindled affections. Not for every taste, but this is brilliant work from any perspective. — Jeff Shannon
Title: The Royal Tenenbaums (The Criterion Collection)
Sales Rank: 1589 in DVD
Actor: Owen Wilson, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow
Director: Wes Anderson
Studio: Touchstone Pictures, 2002-07-09, Theatrical Release: 2001-12-14
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Acpect Ratio 2.40:1
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 110 minutes
Package Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.4 x 1 inches, 0.4 pounds
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