directed by: Wes Anderson
written by: Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson
starring: Anjelica Huston, Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson
seen on 30th December, 2020
I don't know how does Wes Anderson fare with regards to mental health, since his movies don't necesarily reflect his actual reality (but I bet they kind of do and oh wow), but Owen Wilson for sure battles with bipolar disorder and self-destructive depression all his life and oh wow. With this in mind I have big trouble trying to consider this a comedy and maybe I'd even dare say it wasn't meant to be one. The fact that the maker has a sense of humor does not dictate the genre of the film he makes. I would probably label Tenenbaums to be psychoanalysis verging on psychotherapy. Those inner demons are more or less visible in every Wes movie, but this one seems to be the most raw, the most painful and the most uncomfortable to watch. Whenever I watch any Luke Wilson film (including Legally Blonde), I always end up thinking about him finding his brother Owen after his attempted suicide and saving his life, and therefore every Luke Wilson film ends up causing me a little bit of trauma. How big of a trauma will this film cause, opening its veins directly? But perhaps my vision is clouded by my own demons and most viewers don't see the same film as me when watching The Royal Tenenbaums. Lucky them.
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