The French Dispatch

A pivotal work in Wes Anderson's oeuvre, it tells the story of May 1968 through a newspaper in a slightly disguised Paris. We follow the story of 4 characters through the 4 columns of the newspaper: a total artist in prison, the son of a kidnapped superintendent, a young man exalted by the student revolt. All these portraits are beautiful, strong and moving, especially that of the painter. As usual with Anderson, everything is ultra-graphic, aesthetically pleasing, with a plethora of well-known actors, with a special mention for Guillermo Del Toro and Léa Seydoux. But, what can I say ... I'm getting tired of this cinema that tells no more stories, or at least that doesn't end up being aesthetically pleasing, only to lose itself ... Apart from a reflection on modern art and the self-destructive nature of artistic creation, I didn't retain much - pleasant, certainly, but quickly forgettable. This is perhaps the moment when Anderson's films began to appeal less to me, even if it's not as empty as Asteroid City.

While Wes Anderson's style is beautiful and intriguing, this movie is not the best of his work. All of the different stories made the movie hard to follow and uninteresting, and I don't think I remembered a single character's name. Despite its flaws, it was still an entertaining movie, and the performances were absolutely amazing. If you're a Wes Anderson fan, you'll definitely love this movie!

I can't recommend it because I didn't watch even half of it. Aesthetically impeccable, but then, I get the impression that Mr Wes only lives in his head, too symmetrical and luna-parkish for my taste: I liked "Asteroid city", and for one reason only: see above. Well, yes, you might as well go totally, in your head, in one go and with a good crowd. That's more than enough.

Grand Budapest was the last great Wes Anderson movie. This really feels like a Wes Anderson parody, where the Wes dial is just turned up to eleven on everything. The Wes outfits, camera angles, odd deadpan characters etc., but without a coherent or interesting story.

Although visually appealing, The French Dispatch is an unnecessarily chaotic and complex piece of pretentious garbage.

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, o elenco é muito bom mas ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, as cenas são fracas e não tem uma cena relevante para o filme ser bom, e mais uma vez no seus filmes wes anderson foca no visual em vez do roteiro junto com a história, com tudo isso, eu não recomendo esse filme.

Experimental, intriguing, but hard to follow

For anyone whose favourite magazine is The New Yorker.

Beautiful and perfectly crafted cinematography and set design that makes each frame a painting. The cast is stocked with Wes Anderson alumni, including Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, and Adrien Brody. There are also some fresh surprises in the cast like Benicio Del Toro, Timothee Chalamet, and Jeffrey Wright. The movie is an anthology series with an ensemble cast all framed by the titular French dispatch newspaper company. The first story was pretty good, the second story was kind of annoying and boring, and the last story was fantastic. It’s a visual feast for the eyes and an excellent palette cleanser from all the blockbuster and streaming fluff that has been overshadowing true cinema.

I loved the royal tenenbaums. And quite enjoyed the darjeeling express and budapest hotel. But I couldn't love this. Takes far too much effort for the viewer to extract a tiny bit of gentle hit and miss satire. Its not worth the effort. It's overwhelming. But not in a good way. Dialogue too fast, everything else too slow. I just wasnt made to care. That's 2 hours of my life I won't get back. 2 hours of hoping this would somehow turn out to be worthwhile of my time. Maybe that was wes anderson's intention... to take the p (or take the mick) out of us viewers, and hollywood, as he takes the gentle p out of the art world in one of the shorts. He's laughing all the way to the bank. I waited for the viewer to be let in on the joke, but I think he's serious, he's been taken in by all the smoke-blowing over the years. And that makes me sad. Thank goodness I hadn't paid money to feel bored, frustrated, angered, and depressed. Boring, in summary. Beautiful but boring. The individual components may be vaguely interesting as stand alone shorts, but unbearable as a feature length movie. Pretentious and will be loved by the pretentious. Even the music grated on me. I wish I'd stopped watching and not battled through to the end.