The Darjeeling Limited (2007)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.3/10   

Director:

Wes Anderson

Escritores (WGA):

Wes Anderson (written by) &
Roman Coppola (written by) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

26 octubre 2007 (USA)

Género:

Aventura | Comedia | Drama

Plot:

Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray), and they eventually find themselves stranded alone in the middle of the desert with eleven suitcases, a printer, and a laminating machine. At this moment, a new, unplanned journey suddenly begins.

Plot Keywords:

Train | Brother | India | Journey | Funeral

Premios:

1 win & 3 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!! (I warned you...)

Reparto

Owen Wilson	...	Francis L. Whitman
Adrien Brody	...	Peter L. Whitman
Jason Schwartzman	...	Jack L. Whitman
Amara Karan	...	Rita
Wallace Wolodarsky	...	Brendan (as Wally Wolodarsky)
Waris Ahluwalia	...	The Chief Steward
Irrfan Khan	...	The Father
Barbet Schroeder	...	The Mechanic
Camilla Rutherford	...	Alice
Bill Murray	...	The Businessman
Anjelica Huston	...	Sister Patricia Whitman
Mr. A.P. Singh	...	Taxi Driver (as A.P. Singh)
Kumar Pallana	...	Old Man
Dalpat Singh	...	Waiter
Trudy Matthys	...	German Lady #1 (as Trudy Mathis)

También conocida como:

Viaje a Darjeeling (Argentina) (Mexico) (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Duración:

91 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Alemán | Hindi | Sanskrit

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Clasificación:

Singapore:PG | Ireland:15A | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | UK:15 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Finland:K-11 | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | USA:R (certificate #43707) | South Korea:15 | Brazil:14 | Germany:6 | Sweden:11 | Hong Kong:IIB | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:12 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Argentina:13 | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | New Zealand:M | Australia:M

Locaciones de Filmación:

India

Compañía:

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Trivialidades:

There are no such trains as The Darjeeling Limited or The Bengal Lancer in India.

Errores:

Errores Reales: During the preparation of the dead boy funeral, there's a scene when Francis is lying down with a boy in a blue shirt kneeling beside him, and the camera travels to Peter holding a baby between two Indian locals. During 13 seconds, a Muslim call-to-prayer ("adhan") is heard, very neatly during 5 seconds. However, the boy's body is cremated the Hindu way.

Citas:

[first lines]
The Businessman: That's my train.

Conexiones de Película:

References Baksa Badal (1970)

Banda de Sonido:

Suite Bergamasque: 3. 'Clair de lune'

AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!! (I warned you...)

MAJOR YAWN!!!! This is a waste of time, dumb, dumb, dumb movie. Normally, I love Adrien Brody. I don't know what he was thinking, doing this total piece of fluff with no redeeming characteristics whatsoever. Owen Wilson has never been one of my favorites and his participation in this piece of nothing has not improved his standing in my eyes.

The story is disjointed, the acting is spotty (what else could it be, given what they have to work with?). The comedy is strained, at best. There is an overwhelming fondness for the color yellow. The natives are badly (hardly?) portrayed. And the two actors who might have contributed something substantial (Angelica Huston and Bill Murray) had little more than cameos. I don't think Bill Murray ever uttered a word....

The New York Film Critics must have been paying off a heavy debt when they awarded this movie a Best Screenplay Award.

My husband was watching this movie with me and he took off to go to bed halfway through with no regrets.

Unless you like total nonsensical drivel that meanders every which way, I recommend you give this movie a pass. I would have, if I had known.