Sunday, October 28, 2007

The Darjeeling Limited

Wes Anderson's latest film is charming and stylish but ultimately pretentious. Three estranged brothers travel to India to find themselves and reconnect with each other. Instead of leaving the talented cast and exotic locations to do their magic Anderson interferes to put his seal of style which cuts short the substance. In film school we had several discussions about his films (Bottle While his visual style can be stunning, his stories suffers because of it. The talented cast includes Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzmen. 1001 Films's coverage of current releases.

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