Quirky, consistently unreal, and slightly dark: more enjoyable than I expected

Rating: Null/10 (27 January 2013)

I'm not a Wes Anderson fan, but I don't especially dislike him. The only other of his movies I've seen is The Royal Tenenbaums, and I didn't much like it but don't much remember it either. So I enjoyed this movie more than I expected to.
It's quirky and sort of dark, which I like, and it has a consistent tone of unreality all the way through, which I also like. I'd gotten the idea that the Wilson brothers (Owen, et al) are closely bound up with Anderson, so I was relieved not to see any of them here because I can't stand any of them.
But I didn't mind some actors whom I usually can't stand (Tilda Swinton and Bill Murray), I liked one I always like (Frances McDormand), and I was indifferent to the rest, to whom I'm generally indifferent (Bruce Willis, Harvey Keitel, Edward Norton, Jason Schwartzman, etc). The kids were okay but nothing exceptional.
I don't see what in this movie freaked out the people who were freaked out by it, unless it was the sex play between the kids; but heterosexual sex always disgusts me so this was no different. Overall, a movie I enjoyed more than I expected to but probably won't ever watch again.