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The Darjeeling Limited (2007)

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Reviews Counted:164

Fresh:110

Rotten:54

Average Rating:6.5/10

Consensus: With the requisite combination of humor, sorrow and outstanding visuals, The Darjeeling Limited will satisfy Wes Anderson fans.

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Sep 29, 2007 Limited

Box Office: $11,743,402

Synopsis: Wes Anderson, the creator of RUSHMORE and THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, offers another quirky, melancholic riff on familial ties and father issues in THE DARJEELING LIMITED. Francis (Owen Wilson) has... Wes Anderson, the creator of RUSHMORE and THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, offers another quirky, melancholic riff on familial ties and father issues in THE DARJEELING LIMITED. Francis (Owen Wilson) has invited his brothers, Jack (Jason Schwartzman) and Peter (Adrien Brody), to join him on a train trip for a spiritual quest through India. The brothers have been estranged since their father's sudden death, and each is now embroiled in his own personal drama. Jack is being toyed with by his two-timing girlfriend, Peter's wife is about to give birth, and Francis recently survived a car crash that nearly killed him. As the train chugs its way across India, the brothers try to reconnect, but mainly end up arguing and sharing pharmaceuticals. Francis admits that the real reason he lured them there is because he wants them to visit their mother (Anjelica Huston), who is living in a convent in the Himalayas. Peter and Jack are none too pleased with this plan, and immediately want to go home. The trip hits another snag when they are kicked off the train for a series of offenses. Stranded with their mountain of matching luggage, Peter and Jack are now insistent upon leaving. However, they suddenly find themselves brought together by an deadly accident involving some Indian children. The tragedy unites them, and they decide to continue on to their mother. Their visit with her proves revelatory, and they begin their journey homeward free of both their literal and metaphorical baggage. The film bears all of Anderson's trademark touches--stilted comedic dialogue, blunted emotions, and bizarre set pieces that pay subtle homage to the 1970s. Though the film is a bit quieter and less madcap than his previous work, it is still sure to delight his many fans. [More]

Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Anjelica Huston

Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Anjelica Huston

Director: Wes Anderson

Director: Wes Anderson
Screenwriter: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman
Producer: Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Roman Coppola, Lydia Dean Pilcher
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures

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Limited is exactly what Wes Anderson proves himself to be.

Full Review Source: Metromix.com | comment Comment
10/04/07
Matt Pais
Matt Pais
Metromix.com

Brody...has a comedian's gangly limbs and a tragedian's melancholy face. For the tragicomedies of Wes Anderson, that's a perfect combination.

Full Review Source: Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) | comment Comment
10/04/07
Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)

Arguably the most self-indulgent and silly of his five-film oeuvre...The emperor's new clothes have only gotten more expensive and Asian-inspired.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
10/03/07
Doris Toumarkine
Doris Toumarkine
Film Journal International

The magically compelling Darjeeling Limited strikes me as the fullest blossoming yet of Anderson's talents as a total filmmaker.

Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | comment Comment
10/03/07
Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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The Darjeeling Limited is a pleasant trifle, and that's it. Individual moments shine but they do not make a satisfying whole.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
10/02/07
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

If Wes Andersen ever decides to treat his characters with the same loving attention he treats his props, he will make better movies. Oh the tschotchkes in this movie! It's like a long, loving J. Peterman catalogue commercial.

Full Review Source: Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies | comment Comment
10/02/07
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Finds Anderson back in fine form.

Full Review Source: Mark Reviews Movies | comment Comment
10/01/07
Mark Dujsik
Mark Dujsik
Mark Reviews Movies

Midway through the film takes a shift to a darker and more thoughtful tone - revealing hidden depths to Anderson's film-making that are a welcome surprise.

Full Review Source: Eye for Film | comment Comment
10/01/07
Amber Wilkinson
Amber Wilkinson
Eye for Film

It is repetitive, but it's still very clever writing, maybe sometimes too clever, really good acting.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
10/01/07
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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With more style than substance, the story is so thin it evaporates like a puff from a hookah.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment 1 Comment
10/01/07
Rex Reed
Rex Reed
New York Observer
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It looks wonderful...but feels thin and weightless, as pretty a bauble as a Christmas tree ornament and ultimately just about as durable.

Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion | comment Comment
10/01/07
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

A moderately amusing shaggy dog story that evokes director Wes Anderson's love for human beings with quirky personality traits.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
09/30/07
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

May not deliver on the emotional context of Tenenbaums but is more than funny enough to forgive it's heavy-handed dramatic metaphors.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
09/29/07
Erik Childress
Erik Childress
eFilmCritic.com

In the Anderson oeuvre, it feels minor: although it hits its goals, it doesn't necessarily aim big this time.

Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | comment Comment
09/28/07
Jeffrey Chen
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies

Here's another Wes Anderson movie. I say that with all due respect.

Full Review Source: Can Magazine | comment Comment
09/28/07
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
Can Magazine

Unstintingly fussy, vain and self-regarding. But it is also a treasure: an odd, flawed, but nonetheless beautifully handmade object as apt to win affection as to provoke annoyance. You might say that it has sentimental value.

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09/28/07
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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Amid all this self-conscious cleverness, the one sequence built around primal emotions feels hideously out of place, its gravity diminished by the self-consciously kooky antics that surround it.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
09/28/07
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Maybe Anderson needs to shoot someone else's screenplay, to get outside his own head for a while and into another's sensibility. It's telling that his funniest and liveliest recent work was a commercial for American Express.

Full Review Source: Slate | comment Comment
09/28/07
Dana Stevens
Dana Stevens
Slate

Although The Darjeeling Limited pales in comparison to Anderson's best film, Rushmore, it's still a vast improvement over the director's last and worst film, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
09/28/07
Timothy Knight
Timothy Knight
Reel.com

The usual pleasures of Anderson's work are all present in The Darjeeling Limited, which creates a gorgeous palette out of local color.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
09/28/07
Scott Tobias
Scott Tobias
AV Club
 
 
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