Directed by Wes Anderson
Essentially an homage to golden-age Hollywood rise-and-fall epics like Magnificent Ambersons but with a large dose of whimsy. The movie is packed with stylistic ideas that at the time no one had really seen put together in this way. The writing, like that of his peers Noah Baumbach and Whit Stillman, seems most influenced by the light comedic air of 60s french film. The retro style, very fresh and inventive at the time, is what Wes Anderson has come to be known for. This is the original vision where it all first really came together. And it stands as probably his best film to this day.
It actually manages to deal with some real human themes that ring very true. The characters all yearn for some idealized past time in their past when everything seemed right. But they learn that as much as you may want to, the past is gone, you can't go back to it. In a way, Wes Anderson's idealized 60s/70s style mirrors the character's trip into nostalgia. He is taking us along on his own nostalgia trip. But like the Tenenbaum family have to eventually move on from rumination on the past, he acknowledges the past while moving on to something new.
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