The Darjeeling Limited (2007) Synopsis:
"The Darjeeling Limited" starring Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman is an emotional comedy about three brothers re-forging family bonds. The eldest, played by Wilson, hopes to reconnect with his two younger siblings by taking them on a train trip across the vibrant and sensual landscape of India.
The Darjeeling Limited (2007) Movie Review:
“The Darjeeling Limited” is Wes Anderson's follow-up to “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou,” and as much as the previous movie was unfettered and somewhat unfocused, the new one is compact and concise. One might call this a welcome shift, although the result, for me, was somewhat surprising. I found it satisfactory, yet somewhat slight. In the Anderson oeuvre, it feels minor: although it hits its goals, it doesn't necessarily aim big this time.
We join three brothers (Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, and Jason Schwartzman) as they meet up in India for a bonding excursion. But it was the idea of only one of them -- the other two seem to be only reluctantly complying -- and it soon becomes clear that they each have their own issues, and that a tragedy blunted their recent collective past. Things don't go quite as planned, but the unplanned events create resonance for them, in ways both comic and tragic.
Anderson is already a pro at layering a quirky comedy over even more layers of bitter sadness, regrets, and frustrations, and he delivers them all with his unique panache. However, a greater depth isn't achieved this time, perhaps due to having three main characters split a relatively short running time; and India as a healing locale isn't given its due, feeling more like a colorful tourist stop than a spiritual place.
Still, for the most part, you get what you expect from an Anderson movie here. I once read somewhere that the good directors don't make many different movies. Instead, each movie is just one part of a long continuous film. If this is the case for Anderson, then The Darjeeling Limited is simply keeping up the pace.
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The Darjeeling Limited (2007) review written by: Jeffrey Chen
7th October, 2008 
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