Entertaining

Rating: 7/10 (4 July 2019)

A story is told in flashback about the titular hotel in the fictional small country of Zubrowka in alpine Europe. In 1932, the hotel's concierge (Ralph Fiennes) is wrongly accused of murder of one of the hotel's wealthy guests.
Directed and co-written by Wes Anderson, this film shares the same unique whimsy which Anderson showed most recently in "Moonrise Kingdom". The energy is always snappy especially with camera angles that move forward, backward, up, down, and sideways to display events happening simultaneously.
The story and characterization are enjoyable though not especially strong. But with an energetic performance from Fiennes plus Anderson's playful direction, this film comes off as quite charming and entertaining.