The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

The Royal Tenenbaums rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.6/10· 334K votes

Rotten Tomatoes81%

Metacritic76%

TMDb7.456/10· 5K votes

With 81% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.6/10 on IMDb and 76/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About The Royal Tenenbaums

Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.

Cast of The Royal Tenenbaums

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  Gene Hackman

  as Royal Tenenbaum

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  Anjelica Huston

  as Etheline Tenenbaum

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  Ben Stiller

  as Chas Tenenbaum

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  Gwyneth Paltrow

  as Margot Tenenbaum

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  Luke Wilson

  as Richie Tenenbaum

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  Owen Wilson

  as Eli Cash

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  Bill Murray

  as Raleigh St. Clair

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  Danny Glover

  as Henry Sherman

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  Seymour Cassel

  as Dusty

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  Kumar Pallana

  as Pagoda

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  Alec Baldwin

  as Narrator (voice)

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  Grant Rosenmeyer

  as Ari Tenenbaum

The Royal Tenenbaums facts

Budget

$21M

Box office

$71.4M

Our take on The Royal Tenenbaums

Wes Anderson's 2001 comedy-drama gathers the Tenenbaums, a family of former child prodigies whose early brilliance curdled into two decades of failure, betrayal and disappointment, much of it blamed on their estranged father, Royal. The story turns on their sudden, unexpected reunion one winter, as old wounds and buried affections resurface under one roof. Anderson frames the melancholy in his signature deadpan symmetry and dry wit, balancing sorrow with absurd comedy. It suits viewers drawn to stylized, bittersweet ensemble pieces about disappointment and reconciliation, and to precise, storybook filmmaking. Those who need naturalism may resist the artifice, but admirers of Anderson's tone will find it richly rewarding.