The Royal Tenenbaums

2001 Wes Anderson 1h 50m
Comedy Drama

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.

Cast

Gene Hackman Royal Tenenbaum
Anjelica Huston Etheline Tenenbaum
Ben Stiller Chas Tenenbaum
Gwyneth Paltrow Margot Tenenbaum
Luke Wilson Richie Tenenbaum
Owen Wilson Eli Cash
Bill Murray Raleigh St. Clair
Danny Glover Henry Sherman

Vibes

Chill Darkly Funny Deeply Moving Critic Favorite

Double Feature Pairings

Films that pair perfectly with The Royal Tenenbaums

Rushmore 1998
Wes Anderson's brilliant misfits. Two films about people too smart for their own good and too broken to fix themselves. Watch as a double feature
My Neighbors the Yamadas 1999
Dysfunctional family vignettes. Two films that treat family life as a series of small disasters held together by love no one knows how to express. Watch as a double feature

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