Often overlooked yet consistently impressive, director Wes
Anderson is yet to make a bad film with each of his releases bettering his
previous work. The Grand Budapest hotel very much follows in this desirable
track-record, maintaining Anderson’s distinct quirky style whilst surprising
audiences by being the funniest film of his to date.

Such coagulation of humour and realism is encapsulated
perfectly through the performance of Ralph Fiennes, producing perhaps his very
best performance as the hugely loveable, mad eccentric Gustave H. Alike all of
Wes Andersons releases the acting across the board is phenomenal pulling in countless
famous faces to depict even the kookiest and most meaningless characters.
Whilst these cameos did (and always do) add to the overall enjoyment of the
film, one too many takes the audiences concentration away from the story and
back into the celebrity world of Hollywood, with such actors as Owen Wilson
(who is no doubt very good in his role) ultimately serving no purpose as appose
to being the cause of soft murmurs whispering ‘Look it’s the guy from Marley
and me’. That said, certain cameos that played bigger roles were far more
comedically and dramatically impactful, with Edward Norton’s portrayal of ‘Henckels’,
a hectic police chief, showing to be just this.
Thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish, The Grand
Budapest hotel is a worthy edition to Wes Anderson’s hugely impressive
collection, being amongst his very best works. Despite being not as narratively
broad as his other films Andersons eye for comedy and unique story telling
makes this film truly special being consistently hilarious and overwhelming
fun.
9/10- A war film like no other, a whopping great ride
Calum Russell
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