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Tenenbaums’ dysfunctional
world is darkly humorous
■ The Royal Tenenbaums’ will
please fans of ‘Rushmore’ and
other such quirky films
By Mason West
Oregon Daily Emerald
It takes a special movie to be in
telligent without requiring anything
from the audience. The year 2001
saw an unusual amount of “smart”
movies come out of Hollywood,
such as “Memento” and “Vanilla
Sky,” but watching those films re
quired enduring a few brain freezes
to enjoy the sweet, sweet ice cream.
“The Royal Tenenbaums,” how
ever, provides all the pleasure and
none of the pain.
Writer and Director Wes Ander
son has a gift for crafting movies
with perfect harmony between real
ity and fantasy. The movie unfolds
as a book (narrated by Alec Bald
win), but despite constant re
minders of the film’s fiction, it’s
easy to step into the Tenenbaums’
world enough to start believing it.
Anderson’s ability to make the au
dience identify with his absurd, ar
chetypal characters is nothing short
of magic. Each of the eight main fig
ures is introduced with head-on
shots of their morning preparations,
with their charter and actor names
superimposed at the bottom. Again,
pure fiction. Furthermore, each
character has what can loosely be
called a costume through the movie
— done in some take on 1970s style.
But because the movie is less about
plot and more about people, the hu
man element underneath the 2-D
characters can’t be denied.
Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hack
man) is the closest thing to a protago
nist found in the movie. His impact
on the lives of his wife and three chil
dren sets the dysfunctional dynamic
of the rest of their lives. Tenenbaum is
self-centered and no more than a
grown-up kid, very reminiscent of
Bill Murray’s character from Ander
son’s previous film, “Rushmore.”
Murray returns in “Tenenbaums,”
though in a more dramatic role than
expected. None of the performances
are especially comedic, but the
movie is funny—in a dark way. Not
enough can be said of the cast’s role
in this success. Hackman and Mur
ray are still in top form. Ben Stiller
and Gwyneth Paltrow also show
some new colors as members of the
dysfunctional Tenenbaum family.
But the surprise performance
award goes to Luke Wilson as
Richie, the youngest Tenenbaum.
Wilson has worked with Anderson
on all three of his films, but this is by
far his largest role. Second to Royal,
Richie moves the film along through
his actions. Soft spoken and sullen,
Wilson has a Zen quality in this role.
Anderson’s magic is found in Wil
son’s non-verbal expressions. The
magic touch is supported by the look
Turn to ‘Tenenbaums,’ page 5
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