The Royal Tenenbaums 4K 2001

The more I watch this film, the more new facets I discover in it. It is as ambiguous as its characters. However, Wes Anderson knows how to tell us about his characters in such a way that we know everything and nothing about them at the same time. Many of my friends and acquaintances claim that the film is terribly boring...

Come on! Can life really be boring? Is it possible to be bored when immersing yourself in the characters and intimate worlds of such diverse people? Can life situations that can happen to any of us really fail to resonate in our souls? Is it really possible to fall asleep when you are overwhelmed by a wide variety of feelings, thoughts, and doubts? No, it's impossible. At least, for me, it's impossible.

Real, living people have always been at the center of Wes Anderson's storytelling. There is no need to look for hidden meaning in his films; it is right there in front of us: everyone walks their own path through life, stumbles, falls, gets up — as many people as there are, so many destinies. Sometimes they just intersect. Everything is so simple and unpretentious, but so real, without any snobbery or cynicism, without unnecessary sentimentality. Everything is real, not a single false note in the entire film.

Actually, the film is not like a film. Everything is done as if we were reading a book—some kind of family chronicle. We read it in bits and pieces, diagonally, sometimes skipping pages, sometimes going back—it's a wonderful style. You can close your eyes and just listen to this film like an audiobook—that's how accurately everything is conveyed in the characters' words.

As I said, no one in the film is acting or pretending. The brilliant cast is so natural in their roles that you never think, “Oh, these are stars, Oscar winners, geniuses...” No, they're just people. Hackman, Houston, Paltrow, Wilson, Murray, Stiller—no heroes, just real people. There are no bad guys, no good guys; the story is both funny and tragic. A mesmerizing atmosphere of naturalness, beautiful music, and great actors in this story of life.