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.
Production
Dollhouse framing and obsessive production design.
Acting
Gene Hackman's career-capping chaos agent performance.
Score
Elliott Smith and Rolling Stones for maximum gut-punch.
Director
Wes Anderson
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
Seymour Cassel
Dusty
Kumar Pallana
Pagoda
Alec Baldwin
Narrator (voice)
Grant Rosenmeyer
Ari Tenenbaum
Irina Gorovaia
Young Margot Tenenbaum
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film's visual style directly inspired a generation of Instagram flat-lays and 'cottagecore' aesthetics.
Luke Wilson's tennis meltdown was shot in one take after he insisted on doing his own serves.
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