What I love the most about TRT is that it's a well-observed story about a dysfunctional family, with a lovely shiny layer of bonkers over the top. (Also I'm pretty certain that Gene Hackman was just playing himself, but that's another story.)
Many, many people have tried this kind of whimsical tomfoolery on film before and failed miserably. I think TRT succeeds because it's not a construct - it's very likely that Wes Anderson's interior world looks and sounds almost exactly like the world in the movie. I like Rushmore and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (and I quite liked The Darjeeling Limited) but for me TRT is his best movie yet. There's something poignant and melancholy about TRT that is only just balanced by how funny it is - it's soulful.
Anyway, it holds up beautifully. A perfect movie for a rainy Sunday afternoon.
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we are big WA fans in our house. anything with. GH is a winner in anything (Crimson Tide I love thee) and you just have to LOVE anjeclica houston. if we ever manage to join you at he beach house again let's have a WA season/weekend. we have fantastic mr fox and MH has a team zissou hat!
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