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Movie Overview
Cast
• Gene Hackman
• Ben Stiller
• Gwyneth Paltrow
Director
• Wes Anderson
MPAA Rating
R - some language, sexuality/nudity, and drug content
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

REVIEWS
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INTERVIEWS
OTHER
OFCS Rating: 79% Fresh
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6/10
"Una cinta bastante regular y que en su pretensión aspira a ser más de lo que es, sin lograrlo del todo."  Cinenganos  Alex Ramirez

"A ROYAL pain. It made me squirm instead of laugh."  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Betty Jo Tucker

"The intricacy and precision of the educational process in The Royal Tenenbaums (for characters and viewers) are surely admirable, but they leave little room for surprises or upsets."  Nitrate Online  Cynthia Fuchs

3.5/4
"Wes Anderson's and Owen Wilson's wild, wooly, and wonderful follow-up to their surprise 1998 hit Rushmore."  Movie Boeuf  David N. Butterworth

C+
"... somehow can't get its feet on the ground to tell its story without hitting you over the head with its adolescent charm."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

1.5/4
"The comedy is threadbare, the drama plays like an afterthought, and there are too many characters to thoroughly develop any one of them."  TheMovieBoy.com  Dustin Putman

4/4
"Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums unfolds like a regal fairy tale."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

A+
"A film you do not want to miss"  FilmJerk.com  Edward Havens

A
"It soars to great comedic heights, but without even breaking a sweat."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

C
"The Royal Tenenbaums is pathetically lazy filmmaking disguised as hip and clever, a boring and indifferent comedy that tries to pull the suddenly popular scam of trying to be emotional in its emotionlessness."  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

4/4
"In writer-director Wes Anderson's brilliantly dysfunctional family comedy The Royal Tenenbaums, he delightfully skewers the indelible psychology of an overachieving bunch...engagingly irreverent and deliriously slick"  Movie Eye  Frank Ochieng

B+
"You have to admire its cleverness and eccentric charm."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

"Takes family drama into fresh and hilarious new territory with these wacky characters and their bumbling attempts to come to terms with love, forgiveness, and respect."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

3/4
"Rarely (if ever) side-splittingly funny, but there are so many clever moments that nasty chuckles and devilish smiles come at frequent intervals."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

3.5/4
"the film's most incredible achievement is that it leaves you not only smiling, but with a sense of hope for this screwed-up clan"  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

4/5
"Wes Anderson's fairy tale of New York has martini-dry comedy and a superb ensemble cast that can't overcome the failings of the quirky, convoluted script."  Netflix  James Rocchi

2.5/4
"This is quirky theater infused with comic highlights, and an unfortunate number of lowlights."  Palo Alto Weekly  Jeanne Aufmuth

9/10
"Wilson and Anderson have served up a plate of hilariously imperfect characters to populate the world of the Tenenbaum family."  Window to the Movies  Jeffrey Chen

A-
"Given such rich material, the cast unsurprisingly flourishes and excels."  Matinee Magazine  Jeremiah Kipp

3/4
"The characters are wonderful and Anderson obviously loves them."  MovieMartyr.com  Jeremy Heilman

"Entertaining to watch simply because it's so different from most of what Hollywood routinely offers."  Screen It!  Jim Judy

8/10
"There's only one word which accurately describes this movie to a tee and that word is "quirky"."  JoBlo's Movie Emporium  JoBlo

"Every character feels complete. By the time the final chapter is over, we feel like part of the family."  Light Views  John Larsen

10/10
"A heartbreaking, gut-busting comedy -- one of the best this country has produced since Woody Allen was pumping out consistent classics in the '70s."  Planet Sick-Boy  Jon Popick

2.5
"Don't be prodded into thinking the movie must be brilliant just because the characters within are allegedly smarter than you are."  Bangitout.com  Jordan Hiller

4.5
"The Royal Tenenbaums shares much with its predecessor Rushmore in terms of tone, presentation,& glorification of the hubris of genius."  Cinerina  Karina Montgomery

3.5/4
"Anderson remains one of the truly original voices in contemporary American filmmaking, and I'm sure he has his best movies still ahead of him."  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

B+
"the sweetest eccentricity"  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

3/5
"How charmed you are by the quirky Tenenbaums will determine how much you enjoy their tortured efforts to work things out."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

4/4
"If the dysfunctional family is a distinctly American pop-culture cornerstone, Anderson has created a small opus of the American family."  Mark Reviews Movies  Mark Dujsik

3/4
"Wes Anderson tries a little too hard to be offbeat"  Movie Habit  Marty Mapes

"Like a New Yorker cartoon come to life, droll and sad and knowing at the same time, The Royal Tenenbaums is sublime."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

4/4
"There's no mistaking The Royal Tenenbaums for being anything other than a Wes Anderson film, and that is most certainly a compliment."  Mr. Brown's Movies  Michael Dequina

4.5/5
"It's not that often that a movie comes along that satisfies on so many levels."  Goatdog's Movies  Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

5/5
"Wes Anderson's marvelous screenplay (written with Owen Wilson) for The Royal Tenenbaums may be one of the smartest scripts of the past few years."  Daily-Reviews  Mike Pinsky

3/5
"Combines elements of satire, fantasy, comedy, tragedy, farce, and drama, which will make some audiences uncomfortable but seem just right to others."  Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies  Nell Minow

4/5
"Em alguns momentos, não sabemos direito se devemos rir ou chorar depois de ouvirmos certos diálogos, mas esse é o charme do filme."  Cinema em Cena  Pablo Villaca

3.5/5
"Unforgettably good stuff."  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

"I liked it a great deal, but it felt like too much of a good thing, very aware of its own cleverness. Upon my second and third viewings, I realized that the above are still true: which is exactly why I love the film now."  TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)  Rick Curnutte

2.5/4
"The leisurely, indifferent pace of the film is probably why it is rated so poorly among young viewers ... It does have its rewards."  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

B
"Gene Hackman...does give a solid, funny perf as the fallen-from-grace Royal."  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

10/10
"The Royal Tenenbaums is equal parts smart, silly, sardonic and sweet. It’s a scathing dark comedy, a twisted sitcom, an arcane farce and even a touching romance."  eFilmCritic.com  Scott Weinberg

"In their quest to make this film different, however, I just feel Anderson and Wilson forgot to make it interesting."  Eclipse Magazine  Sean O'Connell

"Rushmore director Wes Anderson is more interested in his own precocity than he is in his characters."  Salon.com  Stephanie Zacharek

4/4
"A mellifluous, labyrinthine thing, indescribably delicious and ambitiously literate."  Film Freak Central  Walter Chaw

10/10
Read review  Modamag.com  Brian Orndorf

3/4
Read review  Big Picture Big Sound  Joe Lozito

4/10
Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Susan Granger

Read review  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf
OFCS Rating: 79% Fresh
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