Writer-director Wes Anderson's tale of three pampered, estranged brothers on a quirky journey of spiritual discovery relocates his usual preoccupations to the shabbily ornate confines of a trans-India train.
Born and raised in New York City, the Whitman brothers are neurotic, navel-gazing baby-men scarred by a materially comfortable but emotionally barren upbringing. They haven't spoken since their father's funeral a year earlier, but Francis (Owen Wilson) had an epiphany about family ties after a near-fatal motorcycle accident and lures Peter (Adrien Brody) and Jack (Jason Schwartzman, who cowrote the screenplay) to India for a sibling-rebonding trip aboar...
Released:
2007
Rated:
R
Length:
91 mins