The Royal Tenenbaums 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.Wes Anderson's only done four films and he's already got a pretty large cult following. This one's like all his others, with dry subtle humour, a pretty bizarre blot, and Owen Wilson and Bill Murray. You really have to keep your eyes peeled in this one and notice the things like all the clothes, music, and vehicles are from the 70s (the characters are stuck in the era of their heyday), and that each character has a musical instrument corresponding to them (when we see Margot, we hear a harp). In any case, if you can appreciate all the small things in this movie, it's fall down funny. I think it would also be a good one for Mr. Truckey's English 30 class.
The Royal Tenenbaums was nominated for one Oscar (Original Screenplay) and did not win.
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