The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Mini Review

This was fun, I really like watching Wes Anderson films because they take you to another world. He does that with all his films. The Grand Budapest Hotel should be out on DVD and VOD at the moment, it’s a fantastically quirky story about the hotels devoted concierge and his young apprentice lobby boy. The film is really fun and the all-star cast is stellar especially Ralph Fiennes, well done that man.

I’ll go into more detail below but give it a try, got trailers and images below. Check it all out and give me a like and a comment at the end.

Plot:

The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous hotel from the fictional Republic of Zubrowka between the first and second World Wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.

Tim’s Film Reviews Recommended

Story: 90%     Acting: 100%     Characters: 100%     Dialogue: 100%

Comedy/Drama: 90%     Style/Sound: 100%     Visuals: 90%

Total: 95%

It’s Wes Anderson from start to finish. The way its shot, the colours, the characters, it’s his unique style and I really enjoyed it. Now let’s talk the cast. I really liked this cast, all-star casts can be awful, but not this time, everyone important brings their A game, and the relationship between Monsieur Gustave and Zero is fantastic. You want to watch their incredible misadventures again and again. But the film also has some sad moments always balanced out with hilarity.

Trailer:

Spoilers!

My favourite scene would have to be either the prison escape, which was hilarious or when Willem Dafoe throws Jeff Goldblum’s cat out of the window. “Did he just throw my cat out of the window?”