Everyone secretly wishes they were part of a family like the Tenenbaums. Unfortunately we all have to embrace our shortcomings. I will never be an ice queen playwright with such assurance in my own style, that I have been wearing the same clothes since I was 12. My siblings are neither a retired tennis champion or business impresario. You will also be glad to know, I have not had incestuous thoughts.
I love so many things about this film, the fact that they are all wildly brilliant and yet completely dysfunctional. Each character has achieved so much in life, and yet they are all dreadfully unhappy. They have found themselves doing what we all do when things go tits-up......... move back in with Mum and Dad.
Richie: "You dropped some cigarettes". Margot: "Those aren't mine." Richie: "They just fell out of your pocket."
I think only three people may smile in the whole movie, Royal, Ari and Uzi. I cannot remember another character who smiles at all. And yet still I always feel happy when I watch this film. The bright colours, the peculiar people, I feel like the nerdy Eli Cash who lives next door, who just wants to be part of the gang.
I think only three people may smile in the whole movie, Royal, Ari and Uzi. I cannot remember another character who smiles at all. And yet still I always feel happy when I watch this film. The bright colours, the peculiar people, I feel like the nerdy Eli Cash who lives next door, who just wants to be part of the gang.
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