The Royal Tenenbaums isn't just Wes Anderson's best film, it's one of the best films of all-time.

| Original Score: A+ | Oct 25, 2023

The film that saw Wes Anderson absolutely perfect his style and his command over an ensemble, The Royal Tenenbaums is a major work.

| Jun 28, 2023

A family who seemingly has it all, a large collection of parents, siblings, children all under the same roof, and yet every single one of them, even Royal, still feels like an outsider.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Sep 22, 2022

Underneath the film’s ornate but terse facade might be a churning tangle of backstories barely hinted at.

| Original Score: A+ | Sep 17, 2022

Whether it’s his reliable favorites such as Murray and the Wilsons, or others such as Paltrow, Glover, and Stiller, the characters are a key component to the film and the casting of each role is spot on.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 25, 2022

The wonderfully eclectic soundtrack helps distract from the script's occasional flatness, as does an A-list cast.

| May 25, 2022

Using a superb, dead-pan voiceover by Alec Baldwin, director Anderson invites the audience into the lives and secrets of each of the Tenenbaums.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 12, 2022

Anderson's third film, and best overall, and one of my favorite movies of all time (20th anniversary)

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 31, 2021

Sure, it's endlessly quotable, both verbally and visually - have you seen that colour palette - but it's the pain and sweetness at the centre that will keep you revisiting this 21st century classic.

| Apr 28, 2021

The fact that The Royal Tenenbaums is able to maintain a whimsical tone, coupled with profound moments of hurt and loss, and then still have the audacity to be an outright hilarious movie elevates it to something sensational.

| Mar 31, 2020

If it sounds bittersweet, it is, but like the best family albums, Tenenbaums is split wide with open-heartedness, and equally generous with its triumphs and failures.

| Mar 16, 2020

The Royal Tenenbaums is silly but full of love. It shows that even at their worst, there is always some good in every family...

| Nov 9, 2019

Tenenbaums is excellent in its own right but it also serves as a perfect entry point to anyone new to the quirk-filled world of Wes Anderson.

| Original Score: A+ | Dec 16, 2018

What really stands out is how rich the story's technical canvas and narrative textures actually are.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 16, 2018

There's so much to like about Wes Anderson's work, and it's hard not to warm to a guy who makes a comedy about damaged young has-beens. But he misfires badly in some crucial respects.

| Jan 27, 2018

Suffused with warmth and colour, and making liberal and inventive use of flashbacks, captions, voiceover and even chapter headings to break up the story, The Royal Tenenbaums won't be to everybody's taste, but it is a blast of original, irreverent air.

| Oct 16, 2017

With a stellar cast, gorgeous art direction and a surprisingly moving story [The Royal Tenenbaums is], a contender for Anderson's best work to date.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 16, 2017

This comedy-drama about a dysfunctional family of eccentric geniuses is exactly the kind of movie America could use. It's funny, poignant, laced with irresistibly flawed characters and focuses on the power of love in a family.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 1, 2014

The film manages to be both sarcastic and sentimental. As odd as the Tenenbaums are, the family remains bound by love.

| Oct 1, 2014

These characters are written with the broad strokes of caricature, yet they are neither funny nor, in the end, sympathetic.

| Oct 1, 2014