The Royal Tenenbaums Reviews
Examiner.com
Despite an incredible cast, a darker tone, and every great attribute Anderson is known for, "The Royal Tenenbaums" is an exceptional drama but its comedy just doesn't compare to the likes of "Rushmore" or even "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou."
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| Original Score: 7/10
Creative Loafing
Its laughs are like stealth bombers, sneaking up on us to the extent that we suddenly find ourselves chortling even as we're wrapped up in the movie's unexpected air of melancholia.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Common Sense Media
Quirky extended-family story with dry adult humor.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Suite101.com
What remains Wes Anderson's most poetic film is the story of a family fractured by envy and fumbling for empathy at the insistence of a patriarch, perfectly played by Gene Hackman with affection and antagonism.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Modamag.com
The filmmaker's great conjunction picture, where every element, from casting to cinematography, found perfect alignment, bringing about Anderson's most emotionally pulling, visually arresting feature.
| Original Score: A
Top CriticAs with Anderson's Rushmore, there's a certain annoying preciousness to this film -- it's not so consistently wise or amusing as he thinks it is -- but it has its moments.
Film4
Wes Anderson has made his masterpiece. It's going to be hard for him to match it.
Sacramento News & Review
A wacky story that bumps up against one's heart as often as it does one's funny bone...
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| Original Score: 4/5
As richly conceived as the novel it pretends to be...
Whatever my qualms, it's still one of the funniest comedies around.
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)
Forget Max Fischer - this is Wes Anderson's opus.
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| Original Score: 4/4
EmanuelLevy.Com
Anderson's film continues his exporation of dysfunctional families, this time a round done as novelistic film, with title cards for each chapter.
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| Original Score: A-
Big Picture Big Sound
Mr. Anderson and Mr. Wilson are gifted artists, and I look forward to seeing them produce something that strives for more than just sustaining their own hype.
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| Original Score: 3/4
A comedy of unrequited love, melancholy and disappointment. One to savour.
Film Threat
Very funny and painfully relevant two hours of entertainment.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
Film Threat
Wes Anderson simply has a unique way of looking at the world, and through him the ridiculous is made sublime. He has a hell of a distinctive style for someone his age. It would appear he might even be some kind of goddamn genius himself.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Zertinet Movies
Surpasses expectations.
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| Original Score: 4/4
The Nation
A strong imagination is at work in every part of the picture.
Looking Closer
You can tell Anderson loves this family, as screwed-up as they are. Because he does, we come to love them too. ... If there's hope for the Tenenbaums, there's hope for all.
| Original Score: A
