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).
English, Hindi, German, Tibetan Standard, Tibetan, Central
Budget:
$16,000,000
Revenue:
$24,377,151
Awards:
4 wins & 4 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
There's never a moment when you're not conscious of the movie's artifice -- its set design is part of its entertainment -- but the experience isn't exactly off-putting, either.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
19 Oct 2007
rotten:
For all Anderson's pleasing, refreshing auteur tendencies, the overwhelming feeling delivered by 'The Darjeeling Limited' is of frustration, deja vu and little progression.
– Dave Calhoun,
Time Out,
21 Nov 2007
fresh:
Apart from having thus created the first road-picture homework assignment, Anderson isn't breaking new ground here. But he and his actors appear to be having a larkish good time.
– Bob Mondello,
NPR.org,
18 Oct 2008
rotten:
The film as a whole operates in Mr. Anderson's patented, semi-precious zone of antic and droll. It's not as if the filmmaker has gone off the rails. He's just not solidly on them.
– Joe Morgenstern,
Wall Street Journal,
12 Mar 2014
fresh:
Wes Anderson transports his arch, pristine, melancholic sensibility to India, where three estranged brothers meet after their father's death and hop a train in a quixotic attempt to heal their spiritual wounds.