Darjeeling Limited
2007
- Director: Wes Anderson
- Based on the book: no
- Cast: Adrien Brody, Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, Amara Karan, Wallace Wolodarsky, Waris Ahluwalia, Irrfan Khan, Anjelica Houston (and Bill Murray and Natalie Portman for 2 seconds but I won’t bother with them here)
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Adrien Brody – Detachment, Cadillac Records, King Kong, The Pianist, Bread and Roses, Liberty Heights
- Owen Wilson – The Royal Tenenbaums
- Jason Schwartzman – Saving Mr Banks, Moonrise Kingdom, Scott Pilgrim vs the World, Rushmore
- Amara Karan – Curry Nam Nam, Doctor Who
- Wallace Wolodarsky
– Rushmore
- Irrfan Khan – The
Life of Pi, Slumdog Millionaire, The Namesake
- Anjelica Houston –
Seraphim Falls, The Royal Tenenbaums, Ever After, The Grifters, A Handful of
Dust, Prizzi’s Honour, Spinal Tap
- Why? Possibly I enjoyed it the first time?
- Seen: Once before. Now 28 September 2019
The three American Whitman brothers Peter
(Brody), Jack (Schwartzman) and Francis (Wilson) are making a train journey in
India. Francis wants them to be loving brothers on a spiritual journey. His
brothers are sceptical.
Oh, no wonder this is weird. It’s Wes
Anderson. I’d forgot. I’m not generally keen on Anderson’s films. I kind of
liked Rushmore but I didn’t like Moonrise Kingdom at all. This is
somewhere in between. Low key absurd, it raises a smile or two, feels sad at
times, but now I remember that I didn’t like it as much as I had expected the
first time. It’s the same this time. It should have been better. It has all the
ingredients, but it doesn’t add up. It’s just a little off.
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½ * of 5 (Hal liked it and gives it a 5)
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