The Grand Budapest Hotel
Directed by:
Wes AndersonScreenplay:
Wes AndersonCinematography:
Robert D. YeomanComposer:
Alexandre DesplatCast:
Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton (more)VOD (3)
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Wes Anderson brings his dry wit and visual inventiveness to this exquisite caper set amid the old-world splendor of Europe between the World Wars. At the opulent Grand Budapest Hotel, the concierge M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes) and his young protégé Zero (Tony Revolori) forge a steadfast bond as they are swept up in a scheme involving the theft of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune—while around them, political upheaval consumes the continent. Meticulously designed, The Grand Budapest Hotel is a breathless picaresque and a poignant paean to friendship and the grandeur of a vanished world, performed with panache by an all-star ensemble that includes F. Murray Abraham, Adrien Brody, Saoirse Ronan, Willem Dafoe, Jude Law, Harvey Keitel, Jeff Goldblum, Mathieu Amalric, Tilda Swinton, and Bill Murray. (Criterion)
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It's goofy, zany, crazy, just weird, BUT it has its charm. The movie races forward at an incredible pace, the acting performances are absolutely brilliant and hilarious (the dialogue in the confessional booth speaks for itself: “Those fuckers!”) and the whole soundtrack is simply a masterpiece and perfectly complements the pace of the narrative. When I finished watching it, it didn’t exactly leave me with a wholesome feeling, but now that I’ve had enough time to think about it and turn it over in my head, The Grand Budapest Hotel basically doesn’t have a single flaw and .... yes, I'm already looking forward to watching it again.
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