The Phoenician Scheme
critic Reviews
, 79% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- A caper made with all the intricacy of a Rube Goldberg machine, The Phoenician Scheme doesn't deviate from Wes Anderson's increasingly ornate style but delivers the formula with mannered delicacy.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKimberley JonesAustin Chronicle
More charitably, The Phoenician Scheme is a palate cleanser – a lovely lark, a spirits lifter.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAnn HornadayWashington Post
At its fleeting best — in its meditation on the transactional and the transcendent — this one feels like it’s reaching for something more than surface charm.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMichael PhillipsChicago Tribune
A beautiful mixed bag, let’s say, all told.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMax WeissBaltimore Magazine
I was thoroughly entertained and left a bit cold.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreColeman SpildeSalon.com
The resulting product is just that: a product, with all of the matte pastel appeal of Anderson’s oeuvre, yet little of its memorable charm.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJustin ChangThe New Yorker
The result is more digestible, though also less moving, than Anderson’s recent Asteroid City, but it does have a stealth emotional weapon in Threapleton’s Liesl, who exudes the intelligence and self-possession of a young Anna Karina.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAglaia BerluttiEl estímulo
“The Phoenician Scheme” is a mix of genres - adventure, espionage and family melodrama - assembled with surprising maturity. [Full Review in Spanish]
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePaul McGuire GrimesPaul's Trip to the Movies
The Phoenician Scheme is a welcome mental escape to a fantasy land far removed from today’s messy headlines.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePeter MartinDallasFilmNow.com
More decidedly and broadly comic, while retaining his insistence upon design perfection in the costuming and production details, bolstered by a great lead performance by Benicio Del Toro and a splendid introduction to Mia Threapleton.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAndrew WyattThe Take-Up
The sweet, sincere story of The Phoenician Scheme centers on the thawing relationship between a distant but freshly conciliatory father and his reluctant adult child. The plot, however, is pure globe-trotting zaniness.
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