Royal Tenenbaums

In their youth the Tenenbaums--an eccentric New York family--were extraordinary. They were all geniuses. Royal Tenenbaum Gene Hackman was a successful litigator. His wife Etheline Angelica Huston raised their children to be ambitious entrepreneurial and creative--then published an acclaimed book about her child-rearing techniques. Adopted daughter Margot Gwyneth Paltrow was a gifted playwright. Son Chas Ben Stiller was a masterful businessman with a taste for real estate. And the other son Richie Luke Wilson was a natural tennis champ. However when Royal packed up his life and left his wife and his family in a cloud of betrayal everything fell apart. Twenty years later the Tenenbaums are a dejected and alienated bunch each having found that their early successes did not carry over into adulthood. When washed-up Royal learns that his distant wife Etheline who has become an archaeologist may remarry he feigns illness as an excuse to reunite with his estranged family. From Wes Anderson director of RUSHMORE this

Release Date: 2002-07-09, Rating R (Restricted),