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The Royal Tenenbaums

Family isn't a word ... It's a sentence.

2001 · 1h 50m · R Comedy, Drama
Directed by Wes Anderson

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Overview

Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.

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All reviews
81%
Tomatometer
Fresh

This comedy-drama about a dysfunctional family of eccentric geniuses is exactly the kind of movie America could use. It's funny, poignant, laced with irresistibly flawed characters and focuses on the power of love in a family.

Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
Fresh

The film manages to be both sarcastic and sentimental. As odd as the Tenenbaums are, the family remains bound by love.

Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh

Each character, as ever, is tucked into a shell of his or her obsessions, and yet the filming itself -- the grace of Anderson's draftsmanship, as it were -- binds the figures together into a team.

Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Fresh

Anderson, who collaborated on the script (as in his previous films) with his college buddy Owen Wilson, gives everyone some of the best dialogue heard in a recent movie.

Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Fresh

Wes Anderson is an authentic original -- an eccentric and heretical talent.

Manohla Dargis, L.A. Weekly

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