STAR RATINGS EXPLAINED

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FILM DETAILS

Certificate 15

Cast Gene Hackman Angelica Huston Ben Stiller Gwyneth Paltrow Luke Wilson Bill Murray Owen Wilson

Directors Wes Anderson

Screenwriters Wes Anderson

Running Time 110 minutes

The Royal Tenenbaums (15)

Plot
The child prodigies of the Tenenbaum family - Chas, Margot and Richie - have fallen on hard times in adulthood, something they blame on their estranged father, Royal. However, when he announces that he has only weeks to live, the family is reunited for the first time in years.

Verdict
No year would be complete without an offbeat comedy, and chances are you won’t see another like this in 2002. Tenenbaums boasts the same sense of the bizarre that made Rushmore and Being John Malkovich such hits — and, like those two, it’s one of the cleverest comedies to happen along in ages.


Reviewer: Caroline Westbrook

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