Rotten
Like the jaguar shark, The Life Aquatic is hard to get a hook into.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
The deeper you go, the weirder life gets.
2004 · 1h 59m · R
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Wes Anderson
Overview
Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.
Director and cast
- Wes Anderson Director
- Bill Murray as Steve Zissou
- Owen Wilson as Ned Plimpton
- Cate Blanchett as Jane Winslett-Richardson
- Anjelica Huston as Eleanor Zissou
- Willem Dafoe as Klaus Daimler
- Jeff Goldblum as Alistair Hennessey
- Michael Gambon as Oseary Drakoulias
- Noah Taylor as Vladimir Wolodarsky
- Bud Cort as Bill Ubell
- Seu Jorge as Pelé dos Santos
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
73%
Tomatometer
Fresh
If you go with it, you'll love the film.
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Rotten
The Life Aquatic drifts along at a lazy pace, the occasional encounter with pirates notwithstanding.
Christopher Orr, The New Republic
Fresh
Noah Baumbach collaborated on the arch script, whose bittersweet weirdness leaves a residue even as the narrative disintegrates.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Like the film's fake fish, The Life Aquatic is endlessly fascinating to watch but, if you look closer, there's not much there.
Christy Lemire, Associated Press
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