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Genres:
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Adventure /
Comedy /
Drama /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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Wes Anderson
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Actors:
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Bud Cort,
Matthew Gray Gubler,
Robyn Cohen,
Waris Ahluwalia,
Niels Koizumi,
Pawel Wdowczak,
Bill Murray,
Owen Wilson,
Cate Blanchett,
Anjelica Huston,
Willem Dafoe,
Jeff Goldblum,
Michael Gambon,
Noah Taylor,
Seu Jorge
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Duration:
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119 min.
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Rating:
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(7.2/10)96
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Plot Summary:
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With a diagram to exact revenge on a mythical shark that killed his mate, oceanographer Steve Zissou (Murray) rallies a group that includes his estranged partner (Huston), a journalist (Blanchett), and a man who may or may not be his son (Wilson).
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Magnificent
I am a huge fan of Wes Anderson and my biggest concern about this film was that the weight of my expectation would be too much. Thankfully I was wrong. I loved The Life Aquatic I was mesmerized by the stop motion creatures and the set designs were spectacular. Anderson creates complete worlds for his dramas to play out and his films are the richer for it. The costumes are at times odd (with the exception of Angelica Huston who looks incredible throughout) but that is part of the charm.
At the heart of this film is Bill Murray, who manages to have the audience forgive his callous disregard for others because of a seemingly insurmountable melancholy. Anderson and Baumbach have crafted a script in which they have characters say the things usually left unsaid but which also embraces the...
Classic Bill Murray
This is a terrific film: vividly imagined with some brilliantly delivered witticisms and great psychedelic imagery. Just what you might expect from Anderson and Murray. If you liked their other films you will love this one. Oh and the cast is awesome too.
Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The
How you respond to The Life-force Aquatic commitment depend on what you thought of manager Wes Anderson's other films. He certainly hasn't learned any hip tricks — this incidental drama exists in the exact same unknown, whimsical exceptional as Rushmore or The Royal Tenenbaums. It's centred on famed oceanographer Steve Zissou (played by Pecker Murray and apparently inspired during marine foundation Jacques Cousteau), who embarks on a Moby Dick-approach quest to hunt and d‚nouement the occult sea bodily that ate his A-one friend. Morosely, Murray doesn't have the same edgy strength as Gene Hackman, who played the irresponsible clergyman in Tenenbaums; truly he's so laid-back he on occasion seems to be asleep. But there's great buttress from Owen Wilson as Zissou...
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