The Royal Tenenbaums (The Criterion Collection) | 
| Director: Wes Anderson
Actors: Owen Wilson, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow
Studio: Touchstone Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  653 reviews
Sales Rank: 1500
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dts Surround Sound, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 110 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 1
MPN: DISD24022D
Model: 157
UPC: 786936165425
EAN: 0786936165425
ASIN: B0000640VJ
Theatrical Release Date: December 14, 2001
Release Date: July 9, 2002
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Product Description
THE TENENBAUM KIDS WERE ALL ONCE CHILD PRODIGIES, DESPITE GROWING UP WITH AN INEFFECTIVE FATHER. DETERMINED TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT THAT HE HAS A ESTRANGED FAMILY. ROYAL TENENBAUM ANNOUNCES YEARS LATER THAT HE HAS A TERMINAL ILLNESS AND MOVES BACK INTO HIS WIFE'S HOUSE WHERE THEIR CHILDREN ARE ALSO LIVING.
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In a fitting follow-up to Rushmore, writer-director Wes Anderson and cowriter-actor Owen Wilson have crafted another comedic masterwork that ripples with inventive, richly emotional substance. Because of the all-star cast, hilarious dialogue, and oddball characters existing in their own, wholly original universe, it's easy to miss the depth and complexity of Anderson's brand of comedy. Here, it revolves around Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman), the errant patriarch of a dysfunctional family of geniuses, including precocious playwright Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow), boyish financier and grieving widower Chas (Ben Stiller), and has-been tennis pro Richie (Luke Wilson). All were raised with supportive detachment by mother Etheline (Anjelica Huston), and all ache profoundly for a togetherness they never really had. The Tenenbaums reconcile somehow, but only after Anderson and Wilson (who costars as a loopy literary celebrity) put them through a compassionate series of quirky confrontations and rekindled affections. Not for every taste, but this is brilliant work from any perspective. --Jeff Shannon
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| Customer Reviews: Read 648 more reviews...
 I don't get it... March 10, 2009
inframan (the lower depths)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Couple WASP dudes doing Woody Allen? (I recast it with Woody's people - you know, Mia as the zombie sister, Meryl as quirky kewt mom....)
Film form of Thorazine?
Class project?
It's the kind of movie that I've forgotten the beginning of before even getting to the middle. It has to have an end but I'll never get there at this rate.
 THE ROYALLY DETACHED... February 26, 2009
Geary A., Jones
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Anderson's witty take on a family of misfits is hilarious, but laced with an ingenious empathy for his disparate ( and, indeed, 'desperate' ) characters. The patriarch of this dysfunctional group of shrink-fodder is Royal Tenenbaum ( Gene Hackman ), a near, non-entity as a father, and his wife ( Angelica Huston ), an archaeologist ( for the Transit Authority... ), that barely seems to have a pulse. All three of their children ( played by Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke Wilson, and Ben Stiller ) had been prodigies, that have suffered loss of either talent, or a loved one, but are as incapable of dealing with their loss, as they are of responding to one another in any perceptibly rational way. When Royal schemes his way back into the family home after being kicked out of his hotel, the family is brought back 'together.'
I enjoyed the dialogue in this satirical bit of family dystopia, more than I did the somewhat convoluted plot, and the characters were fascinating. Definitely fun.
 Wes Anderson's Masterpiece to the World December 5, 2008
Liz
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie has got to be one of my, if not my actual favorite movie of all time. It has the perfect mesh of comedy, nostalgic beauty, sadness, and romance (that isn't cheesily portrayed). The soundtrack is also very good, Anderson choosing perfectly fitting tracks to enhance the background of the movie. Definitely would recommend to all.
Pure Genius November 20, 2008
One_Amoung_the_Fence
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
True...it is a well known fact that, those who know of Wes Anderson, know that he is an "either-or" film maker. Plainly stated, you either love his work, or hate it. It is also known that Mr. Anderson's view of comedy is VERY dry...almost sarcastic and very realistic. (I mean, lets face it, there aren't that many Will Ferrels in everyday life) AND his use of this "stellar cast" in the film is almost a satire. He has the chance to use each talented member of the cast to the fullest, but chooses not to...almost to see how "realistic" each person can be...and how convincing each is to there own characters role...
So, all of the above in consideration...(and strictly in my opinion) I believe this is one of the single most entertaining films I have ever seen. Further more...I will even go as far as to say it is one of the BEST American films ever created. If people don't watch this movie for any other reason, it should be watched for Luke Wilson's performance. The "bathroom scene" is one of my favorite scenes in cinema, and possibly Luke at his finest.
The Wilson Brothers really had me since Bottle Rocket, but Luke stole the show in this...
Great movie with a lot to it, and a great plot that plays out in almost a fairytale way. Very creative and open-minded...
and beautifully shot.
I give it 10 stars!!!
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Hated it. August 30, 2008
R. E. Jorden (Calgary)
4 out of 12 found this review helpful
I get it. It's trying to be a deadpan, quirky movie about a dysfunctional family. It just isn't NEARLY as good as the pretentious people out there would have you believe. Arrested Development does the same thing but with WAY more interesting characters and humour that never misses the mark.
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