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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

2004

Wes Anderson

Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston ...

6.6

19,981

Comedy With a plan to exact revenge on a mythical shark that killed his partner, oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife (Anjelica Huston), a journalist (Cate Blanchett), and a man who may or may not be his son (Owen Wilson).

	Media	Author	Review
		Lou Lumenick New York Post	"Intermittently brilliant, intermittently hilarious – and occasionally tedious"
		Mike D'Angelo AV Club	"Like all of Anderson’s best films, it works simultaneously on multiple levels, and derives its sneaky power from the ways in which those levels intersect."
		A. O. Scott The New York Times	"I found it mostly delightful (...) [Murray's] performance is a triumph of comic minimalism"
		Anthony Lane The New Yorker	"Nobody could leave 'The Life Aquatic' without the impression of having nearly drowned in some secret and melancholy game"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"This is one of the most thoroughly and elaborately designed movies I have ever seen (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"I can't recommend it, but I would not for one second discourage you from seeing it (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Robert Koehler Variety	"The affectionately confused life that usually pulsates a Wes Anderson film has drifted out to sea"
		Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter	"Wes Anderson has crafted his most thrillingly original, if not always emotionally convincing, film"

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