"Don't be mad at me, that's just one man's opinion" -Royal Tenebaum
Good movie, I don't think I enjoyed this as much as some of his other films but there is still that undeniable charm Wes Anderson holds with all of his films. Royal's absence of care as a father led his children to try to win over his love by achieving great things. Margot with her plays, Richie with tennis, and Chaz with business. All of these crumble however when they realize just how conditional his love is for them. Each of them lose interest in what they have done through that realization, and as a result their relationship becomes distant. I think it relates to how a lot of times parents see their children achieving all of these amazing things but become severely burnt out, and they wonder why their child became a failure. In the same way Royal doesn't understand why his children have fallen from grace, but as the film continues he realizes that they didn't achieve those things for themselves but rather they did it for him to see them. Each child represents some aspect of this, and seeing each of their own arcs play out within the film as it intertwines with different friends and family members makes it both entertaining and insightful.
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