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The Royal Tenenbaums
He was a terrible father for twenty years. The film asks what a few good days are worth.
Who it's for
The film takes adult children who were shaped by a charming, neglectful father and lets each carry the damage differently: Chas turns rigid and overprotective after his wife's death, Margot hides behind secrets, and Richie falls apart.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Wes Anderson's 2001 comedy-drama, co-written with Owen Wilson, centres on the Tenenbaum family: Royal, his wife Etheline, and their three children Chas, Margot and Richie, all prodigies in childhood. Twenty-two years after Royal and Etheline separate, the children are stuck in adult slumps and Royal, a disbarred lawyer, has been evicted from his hotel.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: An on-screen suicide attempt.
Age: R (nudity, drug content, sexuality, some language)
The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 134
