The Royal Tenenbaums

2001

Action / Comedy / Drama

81
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 81% · 217 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 89% · 250K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.6/10 10 312334 312.3K

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Plot summary

Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.


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Wes Anderson as Tennis Match Commentator #1
Owen Wilson as Eli Cash
Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Frederick - Bellboy
Anjelica Huston as Etheline Tenenbaum
1080p.BLU
1.65 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
R
23.976 fps
1 hr 50 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 6 / 10

love the style but not the family

Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) left his family. Etheline (Anjelica Huston) raised their three children as oddball geniuses. Twenty two years later, their early successes are now old memories. Chas (Ben Stiller) is a death-obsessed widowed father to Ari and Uzi. Richie (Luke Wilson) is a former tennis champ in love with his adopted sister Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow). Their neighbor childhood friend Eli Cash (Owen Wilson) is now a successful writer and professor. Margot is married to neurologist Raleigh St. Clair (Bill Murray). Etheline is asked by her friend Henry Sherman (Danny Glover) to get marry. Royal is broke. After finding out about the proposal, he tries to inject himself into the family by telling them that he's dying.

Director Wes Anderson starts his journey to discover his unique style. I love the visual concept of what he's doing. I don't particularly like the characters or their story. I don't find it funny but I do like the unique style. This is a wacky dysfunctional family that doesn't make me laugh.

Reviewed by MartinHafer 7 / 10

An exercise in weirdness

"The Royal Tenenbaums" is a film I recommend but I must point out that it's not everyone's sort of movie. Wes Anderson has written and directed a film that is filled with EXTREMELY strange characters that are very bizarre--not not in a John Waters way--more in a way that just left me a bit confused. I assume this was his intention but no matter how strange it gets, there is a certain likable aspect of the film...though exactly what this is, I am sure I can clearly say. I think it has a lot to do with the folks being completely different--and after reviewing more than 12000 films, it's nice to see something different.

Gene Hackman plays the title character--a ne'er do well named Royal Tenenbaum. He's abandoned his family and inexplicably has returned after two decade's absence and wants readmission to the family. The plot, whether intended or not, is a remake of the old Warner Brothers film "Daughters Courageous"--though aside from the general plot, the films are not at all alike due to the quirkiness of "The Royal Tenenbaums". This is one you just need to see to believe--and the story never is believable but it's also never dull.

By the way, in addition to the family members played by Anjelica Huston, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller and Luke Wilson, other major actors in the film include Danny Glover, Owen Wilson and Bill Murray. This is yet another oddball performance/characterization from Bill Murray--who has made a long string of odd ones over the last decade or so, such as "Lost in Translation", "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou" and "Broken Flowers". They don't always work but you have to respect his willingness to try something different.

Oh, by the way, although they said it in the film, traumatic events do NOT turn a person's hair white. That's a myth.

Reviewed by bkoganbing 7 / 10

Those quirky Tenenbaums

The Royal Tenenbaums received Oscar recognition in one category, that for Director Wes Anderson's original screenplay. It didn't win, but no one can ever say this wasn't original.

Title character Gene Hackman is the estranged patriarch of the Tenenbaum clan and his baptismal name is Royal. He was a lawyer along the lines of Clarence Darrow back in the day, but has fallen on hard times. Back in his prime he walked out on wife Angelica Huston and the children who grew up to be Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, and Gwyneth Paltrow. Now with no place to go he decides to resume the role of dad.

Problem is that Huston has decided after all these she wants a husband and man she picked out is Danny Glover. As he's already lied his way into the house with a false terminal cancer story, Hackman will have to work triple overtime to accomplish his goal.

If you like quirky characters than The Royal Tenenbaums will fill your bill. I can bet that players were clamoring for these roles because there's nothing ordinary in what we see of the people in this film. Any actor would love to be in this because the writer gives them so much to work with and your imagination can sore.

If you like unorothodox than The Royal Tenenbaums is your film. And whatever you think the ending will be I guarantee you will be wrong.

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