Fresh
Wes Anderson transports his arch, pristine, melancholic sensibility to India, where three estranged brothers meet after their father's death and hop a train in a quixotic attempt to heal their spiritual wounds.
David Ansen, Newsweek
The Darjeeling Limited
I want us to be brothers again, like we used to be.
2007 · 1h 32m · R
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Wes Anderson
Overview
Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray).
Director and cast
- Wes Anderson Director
- Owen Wilson as Francis
- Adrien Brody as Peter
- Jason Schwartzman as Jack
- Amara Karan as Rita
- Wallace Wolodarsky as Brendan
- Waris Ahluwalia as The Chief Steward
- Irrfan Khan as The Father
- Natalie Portman as Jack's X-Girlfriend
- Barbet Schroeder as The Mechanic
- Camilla Rutherford as Alice
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
69%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The film as a whole operates in Mr. Anderson's patented, semi-precious zone of antic and droll. It's not as if the filmmaker has gone off the rails. He's just not solidly on them.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Fresh
Apart from having thus created the first road-picture homework assignment, Anderson isn't breaking new ground here. But he and his actors appear to be having a larkish good time.
Bob Mondello, NPR.org
Rotten
For all Anderson's pleasing, refreshing auteur tendencies, the overwhelming feeling delivered by 'The Darjeeling Limited' is of frustration, deja vu and little progression.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Fresh
There's never a moment when you're not conscious of the movie's artifice -- its set design is part of its entertainment -- but the experience isn't exactly off-putting, either.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
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