The Darjeeling Limited
— Riveting rail movie: terrific casting and a sparkling script make this an enjoyable passage to India.”
- Director: Wes Anderson
- United States, 2007
Anderson’s films are often about families or groups of individuals who form strong bonds. What’s becoming increasingly clear after seeing Darjeeling is that the director’s troupe of actors is imitating his art: almost all of the cast here seem to have appeared in multiple Anderson movies.
And Darjeeling is hardly the black sheep. It’s probably his most accessible effort yet and the humour and human story here are uncomplicated. Yet the audiences have been consistently small and the publicity was probably overshadowed by Owen Wilson’s personal troubles.
More’s the pity, because as three very different characters, Brody, Wilson and Schwartzmann are incredibly convincing siblings, travelling across India on the eponymous train and trying to make sense of each other.
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Your mother wouldn’t like it: the awkward charm of a Mexican coming-of-age drama.
- Originally published: 4 Feb 2008 in Film
Borat
It’s sexy time: Sacha Baron Cohen’s bumbling reporter bursts onto the big screen.
- Originally published: 25 Mar 2007 in Film
The Maltese Falcon
Too much backstory and too light to be noir. Still plenty of fun.
- Originally published: 29 May 2007 in Film
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