Darjeeling Limited

Year: 2007

Grade: B

Country: USA

Director: Anderson

Review

probably the most enigmatic of anderson’s films. i just never knew exactly what anderson was doing with the film. it’s certainly a film about three brothers and their unique relationship with each other. it’s also a film about the different ways in which they coped with the death of their father. in the end they literally let go of his baggage and are able to go on with their lives. in this way i suppose it has the potential to be anderson’s most poignant film, but that honor still belongs to rushmore, if you ask me. the broad strokes of the film are pure wes anderson and couldn’t be mistaken for anyone else – a set of idle rich people embark on various adventures, relationships are oddly honest and mercurial, the look of the picture is anything but conventional, and the music is great. most people probably won’t like the film, but that’s the essence of anderson and there’s nothing wrong with that.

Watched in theater