BLReed
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For a change of pace, pretty good. The cinematography is exceptional.
"Budapest" is pretty much an old-fashioned screwball comedy garishly dressed. It's goofy, eccentric and often downright silly. There are many scenes that would have worked in a "Three Stooges" movie.
M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes), concierge at a legendary hotel perched atop a mountain in a fictional European country on the brink of war. He is in the process of training a lobby boy named Zero (Tony Revolori), who will become his best friend and accomplice.
Gustave gives very personal service to many of the older, wealthy women who stay at the hotel. When one of them (Tilda Swinton, aged to approximately 130) passes away, she leaves a priceless painting to him, an act which infuriates her arrogant son (Adrien Brody).
This leads to thievery, murder, imprisonment, improbable chases and remarkable getaways, as well as many ornate pastries. The list of well-known actors involved in these shenanigans is long and impressive — F. Murray Abraham to Saoirse Ronan to Harvey Keitel, Edward Norton and on."
"Budapest" is pretty much an old-fashioned screwball comedy garishly dressed. It's goofy, eccentric and often downright silly. There are many scenes that would have worked in a "Three Stooges" movie.
M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes), concierge at a legendary hotel perched atop a mountain in a fictional European country on the brink of war. He is in the process of training a lobby boy named Zero (Tony Revolori), who will become his best friend and accomplice.
Gustave gives very personal service to many of the older, wealthy women who stay at the hotel. When one of them (Tilda Swinton, aged to approximately 130) passes away, she leaves a priceless painting to him, an act which infuriates her arrogant son (Adrien Brody).
This leads to thievery, murder, imprisonment, improbable chases and remarkable getaways, as well as many ornate pastries. The list of well-known actors involved in these shenanigans is long and impressive — F. Murray Abraham to Saoirse Ronan to Harvey Keitel, Edward Norton and on."
