The film is a wonder and a delight from start to finish, as is Fiennes’ performance, and if he isn’t nominated for an Oscar next year, I’ll will be surprised. STOP.

It is a film made for specific set of audience. There will be a set of audience who may not like it. “The Grand Budapest Hotel” uses a not dissimilar narrative stratagem, a nesting-doll contrivance conveyed in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-a-crucial-part-of-it opening. Wes Anderson uses ornate visual environments to explore deeply emotional ideas.

Before that, you definitely have to be a fan of Wes Anderson’s films in order to enjoy “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” because his style is present here more than any of his films that I have seen, and if you are not pying close attention you may miss ever joke in the film. Wes Anderson’s masterful The Grand Budapest Hotel is not really about that (fictional) hotel, but about its concierge, M. Gustave H., who actually spends most of the movie not actually in The Grand Budapest Hotel, but having adventures in the most playful Europe you’ve ever seen on-screen.

The film moves at a quick pace, even though I fel like 10 minutes of it could have been chopped off. It drags these stories out a bit too long, but at the same time it is done brilliantly.

I loved every moment of this film even though it felt a tad long. Wes Anderson always brings oroginality and simple new ideas to the table which is why he is one of the best mainstrea filmmakers out there today. This film is nothing short of great. From it’s fantastic screenplay, to it’s hilarious and believable characters, this film knocks it out of the park. If it wasnt for a few pacing issues I think it does have, it would be a near perfect film.

www.sridar.com Rating: 7.5

Directed by Wes Anderson
Produced by: Wes Anderson
Screenplay by Wes Anderson
Story by Wes Anderson

Starring
Ralph Fiennes
F. Murray Abraham
Edward Norton
Mathieu Amalric

Music by Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography Robert Yeoman
Running time 99 minutes