FilmCritic entries tagged "Wes Anderson"

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Fantastic Mr. Fox

by Chris Barsanti on Mar 9 2010
DVD Release Date: March 23, 2010
Fantastic Mr. Fox

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Harkening back to the joys of their first collaboration, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach's script for their stop-motion animated adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's novel The Fantastic Mr. Fox brings a wry and mature...... more »
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The Darjeeling Limited

by Chris Cabin on Oct 23 2007
DVD Release Date: February 26, 2008
The Darjeeling Limited

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It was a boarding school in Rushmore, a gorgeous city home in The Royal Tenenbaums, and a grand oceanic vessel in The Life Aquatic; Wes Anderson has a jones for condensed spaces. In The Darjeeling Limited, it's a luxurious locomotive...... more »
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The Squid and the Whale

by Chris Barsanti on Oct 4 2005
DVD Release Date: March 21, 2006

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One feels pretty easy predicting at the start of Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale - after a scene in which a family of four plays tennis and the father keeps hitting the ball so hard that the mother...... more »
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

by Chris Barsanti on Dec 20 2004
DVD Release Date: May 10, 2005
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

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In The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, one sees other actors besides Bill Murray - quite a lot of them, actually - but there are really no other performances to speak of. This is his movie, and everyone else, no...... more »
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The Royal Tenenbaums

by Rachel Gordon on Dec 15 2001
DVD Release Date: July 9, 2002
The Royal Tenenbaums

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Family isn't based on sweet kisses on the cheek. Affection between parent and child is not established by saying the magical phrase 'I love you.' Instead, the strongest conversations often come through in stares and sarcastic remarks. As the old...... more »
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Rushmore

by Christopher Null on Jan 26 1999
DVD Release Date: June 29, 1999

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When I asked Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson what would be next after 1996's Bottle Rocket, they told me they were working on a number of projects about 'serious things.' I expressed skepticism then, and it turns out it was...... more »
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Bottle Rocket

by Christopher Null on Jan 17 1996
DVD Release Date: December 16, 2008

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The moment you know that Dignan's really lost it is during the trio's getaway from a not-so-daring bookstore robbery, when he excitedly states, 'We're heading back to Bob's, we're gonna split up the loot, and go on the lam!' In...... more »

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