Wilson, Brody, Murray, and the gang are fun to watch, naturally, but Anderson's films aren't as much about the actors as they are about the director himself. Léa Seydoux gives a mostly wordless (and nude) performance as Del Toro's prison guard/lover/muse. All of the actors, whether longtime Anderson company members or new additions to his ensemble, seem to be having a grand time, but the standout heavy lifting is done by Wright, McDormand, Chalamet (whose role was reportedly written specifically for him), and Swinton. While it's not necessary to read the New Yorker archives to enjoy The French Dispatch, it helps to be familiar with Baldwin, Lillian Ross, Mavis Gallant, Joseph Mitchell, Wallace Shawn, and other members of the United States' mid-20th century literati.
The auteur theory lives on in Anderson's well-performed, intricately staged homage to a time when editors and journalists were believed - and beloved.
In another vignette, James Baldwin-inspired writer Roebuck Wright ( Jeffrey Wright) recalls, via a talk show, one of his most thrilling stories - "The Private Dining Room of the Police Commissioner" - about a law enforcement officer ( Mathieu Amalric) whose son was abducted while Roebuck was visiting him for a dinner prepared by a renowned chef. Berensen ( Tilda Swinton) and "Revisions to a Manifesto," a feature about a 1960s youth revolt in Paris by Lucinda Krementz ( Frances McDormand), which stars Timothée Chalamet as one of the main protesting revolutionaries. There's a local-color piece by photojournalist Herbsaint Sazerac ( Owen Wilson) "The Concrete Masterpiece," an in-depth profile of imprisoned artist Moses Rosenthaler ( Benicio Del Toro) by arts & culture writer J.K.L.
It shows four different stories and the writers responsible for them. ( Bill Murray), and his eclectic group of writers in the 1960s and '70s in the fictional town of Ennui-sur-Blasé. The film follows the publication's editor, Arthur Howlitzer Jr. The movie's title refers to the name of a fictional American newspaper's magazine supplement: The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun. THE FRENCH DISPATCH is writer-director Wes Anderson's nostalgic homage to 20th century newspaper and magazine writers and foreign correspondents. It is a visual treat, and could be enjoyed both in the theater and via repeat home viewings in order to catch all the details. Violence is semi-comical (including the hilarious cartoon in the last segment), sexual humor is within the scope of Anderson’s high-brow humor and (sometimes full) nudity is non-sexual: artistic/aesthetic and, in one case, brief and comedic.Ĭontent, pacing and breadth of topics make this comedy suitable for mid-teens and up, as a perfect transition to the more adult-type films that the director has to offer.
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Well-known Hollywood stars ranging from Timothy Chalamet and Frances McDormand to Tilda Swinton and Benicio Del Toro are too numerous to fully list due to the three separate stories - plus there is a delightful visual tour early in the film of publisher Arthur Howitzer’s world (Bill Murray) by Owen Wilson’s character.
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To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails.įun addition to the Wes Anderson series, depicting stories from a fictional French outpost published in a Kansas print periodical meant to emulate 1960’s Paris and the New Yorker Magazine, respectively. A tribute to the camaraderie of the newsroom, it stars a huge ensemble of award-winning actors, some of whom are Anderson regulars ( Owen Wilson, Bill Murray, Adrien Brody, Anjelica Huston, Jason Schwartzman, Tilda Swinton, Saoirse Ronan, Willem Dafoe, etc.) and some who are working with him for the first time ( Timothée Chalamet, Elisabeth Moss, and more). Unlike some of Anderson's younger-skewing movies, this film includes full-frontal nudity (nonsexual), a couple of stylized love scenes (partial nudity, but nothing more than kissing is shown), strong language ("f-k," "c-ksucker," "motherf-r," etc.), lots of smoking and drinking, and some scenes of violence (shoot-outs, a prison brawl, and more). The movie features writer-director Wes Anderson's iconic art direction, dark humor, and melancholic themes.
Parents need to know that The French Dispatch is a comedy about the staff of a fictional 20th century American newspaper's magazine supplement, which is headquartered in the (also fictional) French town of Ennui-sur-Blasé.
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