The French Dispatch [DVD]

First Off...i hardly ever write reviews about Anything...Life Is Too Short.Sometimes...you need to support Artists [In Any Medium] Who Are Genius Masters Creating Stellar Brilliant majkl Art.i actually have literally despised & walked out on Wes Anderson films in the past...[Maybe i need to give Life Aquatic another chance but probably not...after all...Life Is ShortAnyway...by accident i saw Grand Budapest Hotel...& to make an essay like review short....It Was Brilliant...In Every Way...Script, Acting, Direction, Set Design, Cinematography...Brilliant...so i approached The French Dispatch with some amount of Hope....Even More Brilliant Than Budapest...Genius Script in 14 Different Ways...Stellar Acting, Literally i could picture the Long List of A Actors obviously working for Far Below their usual payday BEGGING Wes for a part so they could say These Brilliant Lines...Direction? Mind Bogglingly Off~The~Charts, Everything! A Joy to Behold...I have now loss track of how many times i have seen it...i would say at least 7 times [twice in the theater]. I Love It...Life Is Short. If You Haven't Seen It & You Love How Wonderful Movie Making can only Occasionally Be? Watch It Immediately.

We love this one. It's pure Wes Anderson--funny, wry, and witty--and it arrives at a solid and satisfying conclusion.

this is one of the most unique movies I've ever watched, and I enjoyed it quite a bit, even though it was broken up in its plotline, and not totally consistent, the visuals are stunning!!!

Bought as a gift. As expected.

I love anything from Wes Anderson. But this movie, was very hard to follow. The storyline was just all over the place and the humor was oddly placed...even for Wes. I wanted to like it, but it was not what I expected it to be. Don't get me wrong, it's a good movie, but the trailer definitely was more put together than the movie was. If you like Wes Anderson, and love his cinematography, you can't go wrong, just make sure you are paying attention and following the jumping around between characters. A true Wes movie feel!

If you enjoy Wes Anderson movies in general you are likely going to enjoy this. Looks well done and has that intriguing Wes Anderson ‘feel & look’ about it and it never hurts to look up some insight or movie breakdowns when it comes to some of his films but that’s what makes them intriguing and worth rewatching!

The music and visuals on the start menu are excellent and i’ve been listening to exclusively that while doing my last couple reviews. The movie itself is one of Anderson’s best.

Other than some visuals this doesn't even feel like a Wes Anderson movie. Perhaps it is due to the fact the the stories and characters that end up being the most interesting are once removed from the overarching story of the newsroom writers, who I genuinely cared nothing for. The only vignette that I can recall in detail after watching this is the Benicio Del Toro one which is also the only story that retains Anderson's usual trademark of the triumph, in one way or another, of the underdog. The other stories were just immediately forgettable and it even felt like his normal roster of actors were wasted throughout. Owen Wilson is one of the writers but I really can't remember a thing from his story other than he rode a bike; Francis McDormand is horribly unlikable and her segment just results in things happening for seemingly no reason; Jeffrey Wright's section is one more time removed from the main thread so he's a writer telling a story about himself telling a story about an event. The movie trends much more towards cartooney than his other films which have quirky characters and surreal events and encounters but it's all grounded in some kind of Wes Anderson rules. This movie switches everything up depending on the story which makes sense given that it's from different people's perspectives and imaginations, but it doesn't serve to hold any of this together in the same manner as he's done in the past. It feels disjointed and there is just too much going on to the point where once you've even had the opportunity to enjoy a piece of this and get to know the characters you are immediately being rushed out of the door and forced into new seats for a different movie that you really didn't sign up to watch. It is honestly probably better than most things out in the past decade but as an Anderson movie it falls very short of where it should be.