The Royal Tenenbaums

The Royal Tenenbaums

Family isn't a word ... It's a sentence.

Rating

4.3 (2)

Release Date

10/5/2001

Runtime

110 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$21,000,000

Revenue

$71,441,250

Homepage

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How It Feels

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A precisely crafted portrait of a fractured family finding their way back to each other, mixing deadpan humor with genuine ache. It's a film that treats its lovable failures with both satirical distance and deep compassion.

Mood

MelancholicBittersweetWistful

Themes

FamilyComing apartRedemptionGriefIdentity

Tone

Ironic

Pacing

Meditative

Look

FormalistStylized genrePainterly

Structure

Ensemble

Reviews

stormaciousd

This used to be one of those movies I would put on to fall asleep, so this might be the first time I've watched it in its entirety in 15 years. Still my favorite live-action Wes Anderson (because of Fantastic Mr. Fox, obviously).

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