The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Reviews Counted: 169
Fresh: 114 | Rotten: 55
With the requisite combination of humor, sorrow and outstanding visuals, The Darjeeling Limited will satisfy Wes Anderson fans.
Average Rating: 6/10
Critic Reviews: 41
Fresh: 23 | Rotten: 18
With the requisite combination of humor, sorrow and outstanding visuals, The Darjeeling Limited will satisfy Wes Anderson fans.
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Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited stars Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, and Adrien Brody as three brothers who, at the insistence of the oldest, take a train ride through India together in order to strengthen their bond. Even though the vacation goes wrong in ways they do not anticipate, the strangeness of their setting and some revealing honesty produces some surprising changes between them all. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
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Cast
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Owen Wilson
Francis Whitman -
Adrien Brody
Peter Whitman -
Jason Schwartzman
Jack Whitman -
Amara Karan
Rita -
Wallace Wolodarsky
Brendan -
Waris Ahluwalia
The Chief Steward -
Irfan Khan
The Father -
Barbet Schroeder
The Mechanic -
Camilla Rutherford
Alice -
Bill Murray
The Businessman -
Anjelica Huston
Patricia -
Archana Puran Singh
Taxi Driver -
Kumar Pallana
Old Man -
Dalpat Singh
Waiter -
Trudy Mathis
German Lady #1 -
Margot Godros
German Lady #2 -
Hitesh Sindi
Electronics Vendor -
Kishen Lal
Shoe Vendor -
Bhawani Sankar
Pepper Spray Vendor -
Mukhtiar Bhai
Pet Shop Vendor -
Suraj Kumar
Shoeshine Boy -
Kapil Dubey
Boy on Bicycle -
Mulchand Dedhia
Engineer -
Dinesh Bishnoi
Oldest Boy -
Mukesh Bishnoi
Middle Boy -
Ramesh Bishnoi
Youngest Boy -
Sriharsh Sharma
Boy With Handkerchief -
Chanduram Bishnoi
Village Elder -
Sajjanji Bishnoi
Doctor -
Pukaram Bishnoi
Old Man in Village -
Shushila Devi
Mother -
Ratan Lal Ji
Villager -
Arun Bishnoi
Villager -
Jhalaram Bishnoi
Villager -
Mularam Bishnoi
Villager -
Anand Pathe
Villager -
Bhawar Lal
Villager -
Kaana Ram
Villager -
Rupa Ram
Villager -
Shava Ram
Villager -
Ruka Ram
Villager -
Bhura Ram
Villager -
Buramji Ram
Villager -
Tuka Ram
Villager -
Bhanwar Singh
Villager -
Bhanwar Paliwal
Villager -
Moti Ram
Villager -
Kishna Ram
Villager -
Khewal Ram Paliwal
Villager -
Ravi Acharya
Villager -
Jai Prakash Sharma
Villager -
Badhri Dave
Hindu Priest -
Vincetta Easley
Garage Cashier -
John Joseph Gallagher
Tow Truck Driver -
Captain G.B. Singh
Pilot -
Bhavna Narang
Flight Attendant -
Sunil Chhabra
Co-Pilot -
Narender Singh Hada
Co-Pilot -
Thupten Gyatso
Oberoi -
Gurdeep Singh
Chief Steward (Bengal L... -
Charu Shankar
Stewardess (Bengal Lanc... -
Natalie Portman
Jack's X-Girlfriend -
Andrew Massey
Tiger Puppeteer -
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All Critics (176) | Top Critics (42) | Fresh (124) | Rotten (58) | DVD (27)
For all Anderson's pleasing, refreshing auteur tendencies, the overwhelming feeling delivered by 'The Darjeeling Limited' is of frustration, déjà vu and little progression.
Top CriticThere's never a moment when you're not conscious of the movie's artifice -- its set design is part of its entertainment -- but the experience isn't exactly off-putting, either.
It's an affected film about disaffected people, and no cast in the world could save it.
This film is indeed Limited -- in appeal, sincerity and substance.
Even those invested in the idea that the journey is the destination may feel they've taken a train to nowhere.
The whimsy of it all does a passable job of covering the dull stretches, and the actors, to a one (Bill Murray has a cameo, Anjelica Huston shows up) make it watchable.
As ambiguous and frustrating as it can often be, The Darjeeling Limited is a film of great art and passion; vibrant, charming and poignant, it's a ride you won't want to get off, no matter where it takes you.
Wes Anderson manages to make the exotic Indian countryside seem like a suburb of Houston.
The Whitman brothers learn to experience the mysteries of life in Wes Anderson's sublime The Darjeeling Limited, which gets a perfectly calibrated Blu-ray release from the Criterion Collection.
The jewel in Wes Anderson's crown!
Arguably Wes Anderson's most compassionate, mature film, "Darjeeling" dances around disconcerting what-ifs: If they weren't your brothers and sisters, would you voluntarily befriend them, or do you tolerate quirks and annoyances because blood links you?
Like Anderson's other work, this is light comedy (albeit comedy that flirts with an appealing ridiculousness) that carries with it a satisfying intelligence.
The melancholy is mostly notional and entirely unearned, bought ready-made in '60s songs
Lo que podría haber sido una original road movie en tren termina diluyéndose en una experiencia caprichosa, carente de humor y sensibilidad, y finalmente algo irritante.
The technical prowess of Wes Anderson is still top-notch, with the best example being the train showcasing all of the characters at the end.
Anderson quirky!
... a nice sense of fraternal affection under the frustration, playful details in the margins, a bouncy energy, and Anderson's idiosyncratic tastes in fashion and music.
Audience Reviews for The Darjeeling Limited
Super Reviewer
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- Francis Whitman: Lets get a drink and have a cigarette.
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- Francis Whitman: You don't love me!
- Peter Whitman: Yes, I do!
- Jack Whitman: I love you, too, but I'm going to mace you in the face!
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- Brendan: We haven't located us yet.
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- Francis Whitman: I tried my hardest. I don't know what else to do.
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- Peter Whitman: I love the way this country smells. I'll never forget it. It's kind of spicy.
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- Jack Whitman: I wonder if the three of us would've been friends in real life. Not as brothers, but as people.
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Foreign Titles
- Darjeeling Limited (DE)
- A bord du Darjeeling Limited (FR)
Basic plot here is simple and serves some potential. This is also a film with great actors in it but surprisingly none of them cannot really connet the material of Anderson. Adrien Brody comes closest of achieving something true and emotional with his character but in the end even he cannot make it any interesting or soulful. There is also Angelica Huston and Bill Murray in a thankless little roles that are as pointless as they are underwritten.
Wes Anderson is very interesting director. He might be too quirky for his own good, but when he goals he can be pretty damn good. His flawed but inspiring Steve Zissou was a film filled with fantastic moments and ideas, and his latest Moonrise Kingdom was truly enchanting and sweet film which is by far his best work as a director. He has eye for details, style and music, but unfortunately he is much too drunken by his own images while he should pay more attention to his stories and characters. That is where the films beating heart lies, in it's characters, not only in the luminous images.