9. The
Royal Tenenbaums – Alone among Wes Anderson’s cups of spiked chamomile,
this is the one that tastes good the first time. Funny, disquieting, and
thoughtful as always, Anderson produced his best script and assembled his best
cast. He put a coda on the venerable careers of Angelica Huston, Gene Hackman,
and Danny Glover, capturing them all at their best. Even the wooden Gwyneth
Paltrow comes across well; we would only hope that it would have been her own
coda, rather than standing around while Iron Man happened around her. No
matter, this movie scores points across the intellectual and humor spectrum. Is
it brilliant or a cheap joke to have your manic depressive give up playing
one-socked tennis with Gandhi? Both. And it works.
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