Where's your messiah now ironic hipsters?
Well, to be fair I hoped it would be good too. I'm quite a fan of the two previous films.
"This is one of the most irritating, self-conscious and smug films of the year, working neither as a dark comedy nor a character study."
-- Richard Roeper, EBERT & ROEPER
"I thought I had seen the nadir of moviemaking art. But I had not reckoned with Wes Anderson. If I had a rating lower than zero, this one would get it."
-- Tony Medley, TOLUCAN TIMES
"This is a leaky vessel sailing in circles, not the wonderful Life we were expecting."
-- Glenn Whipp, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
"Forgetting to give any character a smidgen of emotion (it's funny because it's straight-faced!), this ends up a series of strange vignettes that you won't soon care about, either."
-- E! ONLINE
"This is one dreary, listless film. The sooner it is forgotten and the once-promising director restakes his claim in being someone to watch, the better off we all will be."
-- Dustin Putman, THEMOVIEBOY.COM
"A potentially great little cult picture shrieking in protest at being bumped up into a $50 million studio movie whose only real pleasure is its happy-color production design."
-- Ella Taylor, L.A. WEEKLY
"Admirably scruffy in its droll comic pursuits, but has all the storytelling aplomb of a Sunday-funnies section."
-- Peter Canavese, GROUCHO REVIEWS
"It's a collage of half-measures."
-- Michael Atkinson, VILLAGE VOICE
"Its sporadic droll moments tempt one to view it with a charitable eye until patience is exhausted by the end."
-- Mike Clark, USA TODAY
"Why is it that so many people think this filmmaker is the voice of their generation? Is their generation that vacuous?"
-- David Edelstein, SLATE
"has its small pleasures, but mostly it just flaps around like a dying fish"
-- Laura Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"The precocious director is stuck with a lamentable case of arrested development."
-- Jurgen Fauth, ABOUT.COM
"Launches with enormous promise, then sinks into a quagmire of misfired humor and misbegotten characters."
-- Jan Stuart, NEWSDAY
"The only satisfaction fans of Wes Anderson can take away from this movie is that it can't possibly get any worse."
-- Stefan Halley, HERO REALM
Wes Anderson is increasingly concerned with art direction and offbeat touches, to the point where story and characters become an afterthought."
-- Kevin N. Laforest, MONTREAL FILM JOURNAL
"It's so cool all the life has drained away, leaving nothing behind but a faint whiff of attitude."
-- Maitland McDonagh, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
Although there were some positives, this much negative is not often seen with a movie that is actually good... Unless it's Hudson Hawk of course... People were just wrong about that one. Anyway, the postivies aren't that positive, it's a lot of "Boy oh boy is Bill Murray funny, and Wes Anderson makes things look pretty."
On the other hand I hear The Aviator is fucking amazing... Of course, did we not hear the same thing about Gangs of New York? Don't tell me you've forgiven Scorcesse for the opening "techno-battle"... Well, actually I forgave him after he made a few funny cameos on Curb Your Enthusiasm. So shoe me in the nuts.
"This is one of the most irritating, self-conscious and smug films of the year, working neither as a dark comedy nor a character study."
-- Richard Roeper, EBERT & ROEPER
"I thought I had seen the nadir of moviemaking art. But I had not reckoned with Wes Anderson. If I had a rating lower than zero, this one would get it."
-- Tony Medley, TOLUCAN TIMES
"This is a leaky vessel sailing in circles, not the wonderful Life we were expecting."
-- Glenn Whipp, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
"Forgetting to give any character a smidgen of emotion (it's funny because it's straight-faced!), this ends up a series of strange vignettes that you won't soon care about, either."
-- E! ONLINE
"This is one dreary, listless film. The sooner it is forgotten and the once-promising director restakes his claim in being someone to watch, the better off we all will be."
-- Dustin Putman, THEMOVIEBOY.COM
"A potentially great little cult picture shrieking in protest at being bumped up into a $50 million studio movie whose only real pleasure is its happy-color production design."
-- Ella Taylor, L.A. WEEKLY
"Admirably scruffy in its droll comic pursuits, but has all the storytelling aplomb of a Sunday-funnies section."
-- Peter Canavese, GROUCHO REVIEWS
"It's a collage of half-measures."
-- Michael Atkinson, VILLAGE VOICE
"Its sporadic droll moments tempt one to view it with a charitable eye until patience is exhausted by the end."
-- Mike Clark, USA TODAY
"Why is it that so many people think this filmmaker is the voice of their generation? Is their generation that vacuous?"
-- David Edelstein, SLATE
"has its small pleasures, but mostly it just flaps around like a dying fish"
-- Laura Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"The precocious director is stuck with a lamentable case of arrested development."
-- Jurgen Fauth, ABOUT.COM
"Launches with enormous promise, then sinks into a quagmire of misfired humor and misbegotten characters."
-- Jan Stuart, NEWSDAY
"The only satisfaction fans of Wes Anderson can take away from this movie is that it can't possibly get any worse."
-- Stefan Halley, HERO REALM
Wes Anderson is increasingly concerned with art direction and offbeat touches, to the point where story and characters become an afterthought."
-- Kevin N. Laforest, MONTREAL FILM JOURNAL
"It's so cool all the life has drained away, leaving nothing behind but a faint whiff of attitude."
-- Maitland McDonagh, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
Although there were some positives, this much negative is not often seen with a movie that is actually good... Unless it's Hudson Hawk of course... People were just wrong about that one. Anyway, the postivies aren't that positive, it's a lot of "Boy oh boy is Bill Murray funny, and Wes Anderson makes things look pretty."
On the other hand I hear The Aviator is fucking amazing... Of course, did we not hear the same thing about Gangs of New York? Don't tell me you've forgiven Scorcesse for the opening "techno-battle"... Well, actually I forgave him after he made a few funny cameos on Curb Your Enthusiasm. So shoe me in the nuts.