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The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) 7.5
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Metascore: 75/100
Reviews: 939 user | 216 critic | 33 from Metacritic.com An estranged family of former child prodigies reunites when one of their member announces he has a terminal illness. Director:Wes Anderson |
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Cast
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| Gene Hackman | ... | ||
| Anjelica Huston | ... | ||
| Ben Stiller | ... | ||
| Gwyneth Paltrow | ... | ||
| Luke Wilson | ... | ||
| Owen Wilson | ... | ||
| Bill Murray | ... | ||
| Danny Glover | ... | ||
| Seymour Cassel | ... | ||
| Kumar Pallana | ... | ||
| Alec Baldwin | ... |
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| Grant Rosenmeyer | ... | ||
| Jonah Meyerson | ... | ||
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Aram Aslanian-Persico | ... | |
| Irene Gorovaia | ... | ||
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Three grown prodigies, all with a unique genius of some kind, and their mother are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal had left them long ago, and comes back to make things right with his family. Written by MonkeyKingMA
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Family Isn't A Word... It's A Sentence. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for some language, sexuality/nudity and drug content | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
14 December 2001 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Los excéntricos Tenenbaums See more »Filming Locations:
144th Street & Convent Avenue, Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$21,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$59,632 (Sweden) (22 March 2002)Gross:
$52,353,636 (USA) (14 June 2002)Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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Narrator: Royal Tenenbaum bought the house on Archer Avenue in the winter of his 35th year. Over the next decade, he and his wife had three children, and then they separated.
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(Second Movement)
Written by Maurice Ravel
Exclusive representation Editions DURAND, Paris (France)
Performed by Ysaye Quartet
Courtesy of Decca Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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In the tent, Margot places the phonograph needle in the middle of one side of The Rolling Stones album. However, when the song ends, the needle is shown at the end of the first track. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Narrator: Royal Tenenbaum bought the house on Archer Avenue in the winter of his 35th year. Over the next decade, he and his wife had three children, and then they separated.
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"String Quartet in F Major"(Second Movement)
Written by Maurice Ravel
Exclusive representation Editions DURAND, Paris (France)
Performed by Ysaye Quartet
Courtesy of Decca Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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The Royal Tenenbaums, to put it shortly, is a weird movie. It is the story of a family longing for its heyday to return. It is the story of a man who wants to be accepted. It is a story of redemption, filled with small epiphanies and smaller details that make for excellent viewing. It takes delight in showcasing its brilliant characterizations and depictions of social oddities. Many will find it hard to relate to such strangers and therefore decline to revel in this film's cinematic glory. We can pity them.
Those that enjoy Wes Anderson's films can be put into two categories. There are those that simply find them to be quirky joyrides and laugh them off as such. Then there are those who recognize the loneliness in all of the characters Wes Anderson writes - it is this sense of loneliness that Wes Anderson, as a storyteller, brings to the screen. It is this sense of loneliness that makes Wes Anderson one of the most visionary filmmakers out there today.
The Royal Tenenbaums is an altogether thrilling experience. It is epic, filled with pageantry. Though categorized as a comedy, at times it seems darker then typical black comedies - a drama, or even a triumphant tragedy of life's unrealized outcasts. As Margot Tenenbaum (Gwenyth Paltrow) says in one of the last scenes: "Well, I'm sure he'll get over it." The Royal Tenenbaums is a rejoicing in the human spirit's reluctant but continuous march forward.