Touches You

Fantastic!

Admirable film.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

"The Royal Tenenbaums" (2001) is a comedic drama about an emotionless, self-centered man named Royal Tenenbaum, played by Gene Hackman, as he tries to interject himself back into the lives of his abandoned family after finding out his wife Etheline, played by Anjelica Huston, is contemplating getting married to another man. Royal tells his wife, from which he is not divorced, that he has a terminal illness and only wishes to have his family back before his six weeks comes to an end. Etheline's fiancé, Henry Sherman played by Danny Glover, suspects there may be trickery afoot and a rollercoaster ensues. I am not usually of fan of redemption stories, but this is a great film. It reminded me that there is usually a Royal character in everyone's life. The director, Wes Anderson, does an outstanding job forcing the audience to care, from a distance, about this jerk of a man. The portrayal of the children in relations to Royal was magnificent. His two biological children Chas, played by Ben Stiller, and Ritchie, played by Luke Wilson, both capture an essence of Royal, but neither capture his characteristics as well as his adopted daughter Margot, played by Gwyneth Paltrow. As a viewer, you want and need to hate Royal, but Mr. Anderson, through his direction, keeps the audience from falling all the way over the fence. Overall, this is an astonishing film I only wish I would have seen earlier. This film sheds a different light on redemption storylines.

The story of the slightly off-kilter and zany Tenenbaums never fails to bring a smile on my face. Not only is this film very visually satisfying and beautiful but, it is genuine and uplifting, too. Anjelica Huston is radiant (as usual) and Owen Wilson's strange wannabe Tenenbaum character truly kept me on my toes. While this review may sound a little on the a** kissing side, I do genuinely feel that this movie is more than just an Anderson-loving hipster's bonanza. It is movie that tells a unique story and remains one of my favorites of all time. There is a reason it is on the 1001 Movies to See Before You Die list!!!

As every Wes Andersons films, this film is wonderful. I like his style of film making. The bright colors of the film makes you calm and just enjoy the movie. The clothes of characters are such original and stylish.The main character is dad of the big family who made mistakes towards his every family member and he guesses it in his late life and tries to put everything right beck together. The story of the film is very interesting it has a quite enough comedy and drama in it and ending with enough drama and without stretched scenes.

I don't write reviews of movies often. This movie deserves an exception. For one, it's an actor's showcase. Two, for a movie, it has some of the best music ever. Third, the production, itself, is awesome. I could live in that universe...and I have. I miss that part of my life. Put all together, this is something special. I could be feeling awful, but this movie will put me back in a special place in time. And, I love Anderson's unique take on reality. Reality is what you make it. It's not absolute; rather, it's relative. He gets that, and the people who love this movie get that, too. All of Wes's movies require a certain level of conscientious objection, but, in the end, that's an integral part of adjusting to being a real person and living a life that one can live with.