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.

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!

You either more or less love Wes Andwrson's films or you're the kind of person that just doesn't get it. If you are a lover of Wes's films like me, then read on.The first thing that struck me was despite the fact that the visuals are as stunningly Andersonian as ever, at the same time, this film is very dialoge-heavy: more so than any other Wes Anderson film. This makes watching all three segments plus the mini-fourth chapter... totally exhausting. I thoroughly recommend watching Chapters 1, 2 and 3 separately at different viewings. Each chapter is a short movie in its own right. Watching the film in its entirety in one sitting is not for the impatient, distractable or librarian-esque viewers among us.Viewed as three separate short films, "The French Dispatch" is slowly becoming my favourite Wes Anderson film.

Offbeat, funny love letter to magazine journalism and a fading era. A little uneven in places, but rewards you for staying until the end. Plenty of memorable characters and interesting, well-written stories illustrated with Anderson's characteristic wit and flair.

Too much going on for too long.

If you have never followed The New Yorker, now approaching its 100 year birthday, it’s a good chance you will not be able to relate to this great film. Wes Anderson long-time die-hard fan of the magazine, and it shows. There are real folks hidden behind the name-changed characters, the great journalists and writers, and the original editor and co-founder of the magazine Harold Ross. Ross deserves his own story- he quit school at 13 to become a newspaperman! The film is quirky, just like the magazine, and the film is not afraid to make fun of itself. The film uses unique stagecraft, black and white, and color mixing live-action and animation–it is a whirlwind! Watching the film is almost like turning the pages of this wonder of a magazine from your most comfortable chair. At the end of the film, there is a “dedication page” for all those talented writers whose typewriters ceased to tap-tap-tap long ago but whose words live on forever. If you are interested, the entire magazine is online, almost 100 years worth via subscription. The online layout is exactly like the magazine, including the original ads run in each issue. If you want to have fun, search for your birthday, and see what the world was like the day you were born. This is a fantastic film with a great ensemble cast; I cant wait to watch it again.

A movie that we can watch again and again... and have! Funny, except when it is hilarious. Light, but with a lot happening that rewards multiple viewings. It was the first movie since the first Star Wars came out ages ago that my wife and I agreed that we could just watch it twice in a row, and so we did. And we enjoyed the second time just as much as the first. It is just a brilliant movie, right up there with Rushmore and Fantastic Mr. Fox, and maybe better.Just in case it sounds like an uncritical Wes Anderson love letter, we both hated Asteroid City.