The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
Country: US/GER
Technical: col/1.48:1 101m
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Mathieu Amalric
Synopsis:
A soulless plutocrat who has fathered ten children prevails upon his tenth, a nun and only girl, to assist him in bringing to fruition a deal that will transform lives in the Middle East.
Review:
Brimming with guest stars who have nothing to do (Alex Jennings has only one line), Anderson's parody of 'Blessed are the dealmakers' (come to think of it, don't all his films revolve around a money-making scheme?) could be mistaken for a pot-shot at Donald Trump or Elon Musk, were it not for the casting of the ineffably cool Del Toro, who plays Zsa-zsa Korda (spot the joke name) like a man who has been hit over the head. And if that sentence made your head hurt, try Anderson's Byzantine dialogue for size. As usual, the production is like Charles Foster Kane's scrapbook, the laughs stillborn.
Country: US/GER
Technical: col/1.48:1 101m
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Mathieu Amalric
Synopsis:
A soulless plutocrat who has fathered ten children prevails upon his tenth, a nun and only girl, to assist him in bringing to fruition a deal that will transform lives in the Middle East.
Review:
Brimming with guest stars who have nothing to do (Alex Jennings has only one line), Anderson's parody of 'Blessed are the dealmakers' (come to think of it, don't all his films revolve around a money-making scheme?) could be mistaken for a pot-shot at Donald Trump or Elon Musk, were it not for the casting of the ineffably cool Del Toro, who plays Zsa-zsa Korda (spot the joke name) like a man who has been hit over the head. And if that sentence made your head hurt, try Anderson's Byzantine dialogue for size. As usual, the production is like Charles Foster Kane's scrapbook, the laughs stillborn.
Country: US/GER
Technical: col/1.48:1 101m
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Mathieu Amalric
Synopsis:
A soulless plutocrat who has fathered ten children prevails upon his tenth, a nun and only girl, to assist him in bringing to fruition a deal that will transform lives in the Middle East.
Review:
Brimming with guest stars who have nothing to do (Alex Jennings has only one line), Anderson's parody of 'Blessed are the dealmakers' (come to think of it, don't all his films revolve around a money-making scheme?) could be mistaken for a pot-shot at Donald Trump or Elon Musk, were it not for the casting of the ineffably cool Del Toro, who plays Zsa-zsa Korda (spot the joke name) like a man who has been hit over the head. And if that sentence made your head hurt, try Anderson's Byzantine dialogue for size. As usual, the production is like Charles Foster Kane's scrapbook, the laughs stillborn.