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The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

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Voti degli utenti: 7.6/10 (62,991 votes)
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Overview

Regista:
Wes Anderson
Writers (WGA):
Wes Anderson (written by) &
Owen Wilson (written by)
Data di uscita:
14 dicembre 2001 (USA) ancora
Genere:
Comedy | Drama ancora
Slogan:
Family Isn't A Word... It's A Sentence. ancora
Plot:
An estranged family of former child prodigies reunites when one of their member announces he has a terminal illness. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)
Premi:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 9 wins & 27 nominations ancora
Recensioni degli utenti:
Wonderful, hilarious and dark. A great film. ancora

Cast

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Additional Details

Alias:
Tenenbaum, I (Italy) [it]
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MPAA:
Rated R for some language, sexuality/nudity and drug content.
Durata:
110 min
Nazionalità:
USA
Lingua:
Inglese
Colore:
Colore (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 ancora
Divieti:
Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | USA:R (certificate #38556) | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Canada:AA (Ontario) (original rating) | Iceland:12 | Malaysia:18PL | Canada:14A (Ontario) (video rating: 2004) | Australia:M (TV rating) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Philippines:PG-13 | Malaysia:U (cut) | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Brazil:14 | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:12 | Netherlands:MG6 | New Zealand:R13 | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG (cut) | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15
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Curiosità:
Wes Anderson and Andrew Wilson provided the voices for the commentators during Richie Tenenbaum's tennis match. Many viewers thought it was a cameo from Jason Schwartzman, star of Anderson's previous film, Rushmore (1998). Also, the Wilson brothers all have similar sounding voices, therefore many people think that it is Owen Wilson providing the voice of the second commentator. Anderson also plays bass on the reggae in the initial sequence. ancora
Errori:
Factual errors: Artist Elliott Puckette's name is badly misspelled in the credits (her paintings appear in the film). ancora
Citazioni:
[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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Movie Connections:
Citato in Old School (2003) ancora
Colonna sonora:
Gymnopedie #1 ancora

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71 out of 96 people found the following comment useful:-
Wonderful, hilarious and dark. A great film., 4 November 2002
Author: Richard Cosgrove da Dublin, Ireland

Writing/Director team Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson follow up their wonderful 1999 film Rushmore with something not completely different but altogether more satisfying and a good deal more powerful.

The Tenenbaums are a wealthy New York family of eccentric genuises, headed by Angelica Huston. The pater familias Gene Hackman has been kicked out and estranged from the family for twenty years. The film begins with a prologue detailing the lives of the Tenenbaum clan - Ben Stiller, the real estate genius and safety obsessive, now widowered with two boys. Luke Wilson a former tennis wunderkind, now an isolated, lonely character all alone in the world and Gwyneth Paltrow, the adopted daughter, playwright, depressive and all-round misery guts. Other players include Bill Murray, Owen Wilson and Danny Glover.

The excellent cast is testament to the fantastic script. Filled with one-liners, hilarious situations and visual gags, it is a real winner. However, it would be a mistake to take this for an out-and-out comedy. Two-thirds in, the script takes a turn for the utterly dark with a bloody, affecting scene, not to everyone's taste and at odds with the film gone beforehand. It's a brave move by Wilson and Anderson and one that pays off in dividends, elevating this movie above others in the genre.

Hackman gives as good as he's got as Royal Tenenbaum, who takes a turn for the better when his kids wake him up to the kind of man he really is. His transformation from manipulative and selfish to a genuinely lonely and honest man is wholly believable. When he emerges as the only man who can bring the whole family together again, it really brings a smile to your face. The rest of the cast, with the exception of Luke Wilson, aren't given a huge amount to do but do extremely well with what they've got. Luke Wilson is superb, playing the confused and alienated Richie, at odds with himself and the rest of his family. His is possibly the best character in the film, symbolising all that is wrong with the Tenanbaum clan.> As usual, The Royal Tenenbaums is rife with Anderson's distinctive directorial touches - 90 degree overhead shots, dialogue-free sequences played to classic rock anthems, and memorably, towards the end, a one-take canvas shot, as beautiful as it is inspired.

Special mention must also be given to the New York painted in the film. All Georgian houses, tree-lined avenues and flat sky lines, it's one of the most beautiful depections of this city ever seen in a movie.

All in all, a delighful tragi-comedy, with great characters, lush direction and great gags. Don't miss it!

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