A comedy refined and elegant, but that may not be funny for those looking for easy laughter.

Rating: 10/10 (16 August 2017)

This was my first contact with Wes Anderson's cinematographic work, and for the very little I now know (this single film), I believe I can agree with the general opinion that the director is good, very competent but also intellectual, making very good movies that are a little difficult to describe in a nutshell. The film entertains us and we're able to enjoy the refined comedy that we're watching, but we can hardly say that its a movie suitable for all audiences. People looking for something less elegant, a more "popular" kind of comedy where humor is easier, may have a hard time noticing the jokes and actually laughing.
The veteran Ralph Fiennes is the actor with more protagonism. Needless to say, he again gives proof of unquestionable versatility and gives the public a work of excellent quality. Adrien Brody and Edward Norton were also perfectly up to the characters and their challenge. F. Murray Abraham, Willem Dafoe, Mathieu Amalric, Jeff Goldblum and other actors of enormous weight and prestige enter this film, but their roles are so small that we cannot even call them roles. Most were cameos. Perhaps the director's prestige and the overall quality of the film were the motives that led so many stars to make these small appearances. After all, as the poet said, "there are no small roles but small actors" isn't it?