the movie tries hard but fails

Rating: 1/10 (13 January 2018)

The Grand Budapest Hotel tries hard to be charming, mysterious, funny and dramatic at the same time but doesn't quite achieve the goal. Plainly, it's just an ensemble of American stereotypes of ,,europeanness'' all put together in one pot. A bit more accuracy (like Tarantino) could have helped. Instead, there are tons of references to historical events, all slightly altered and often very randomly put together.
In addition to that, there's a lot of completely unnecessary violence. As for the ,,funny'' scenes - I didn't laugh once. Maybe, if you're not familiar with European history and don't mind the completely random mixing of historical references (and accents) you might enjoy this movie - otherwise it's a complete failure.
What a waste of a good plot!