The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
The Royal Tenenbaums is about a family of child prodigies about twenty years after the fact. The children reunite when their estranged father Royal (Gene Hackman) tells them that he’s dying of cancer and has only about six months to live. It’s a lie. Chas (Ben Stiller), the businessman and inventor, doesn’t care. Richie (Luke Wilson), the tennis star, cares about his father, but has his own problems to deal with. Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow), the playwright, is indifferent, but she’s only his adopted daughter, anyway. The children love their mother (Anjelica Huston), who nurtured their genius, but she has enough on her plate as well. Written by Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson, the film has a perfect nuance to it—a symmetry of character and action. This was Anderson’s third film after Bottle Rocket and Rushmore, and with it he secured his role as one of the best and most unique directors working today.
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