Darjeeling Limited

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.

2 ½ * of 5 (Hal liked it and gives it a 5)