Entertaining Quirky Comedy

Rating: 6/10 (14 April 2014)

I saw "The Grand Budapest Hotel", starring Ralph Fiennes-Skyfall, The Hurt Locker; Tony Revolori-Sons of Tucson_t.v., The Perfect Game; F. Murray Abraham-The Good Wife_t.v., Last Action Hero; Saoirse Ronan- Hanna, The Clinic_t.v. and Edward Norton-The Bourne Legacy, The Incredible Hulk.
This is an entertaining, quirky comedy by the mind of Wes Anderson-he directed and co-wrote it. If you are not familiar with his other work, he also directed Moonrise Kingdom, Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Royal Tenenbaums, just to name a few. Ralph plays the concierge at a popular European hotel, The Grand Budapest Hotel, during the 1930's. Tony is his lobby boy and right-hand man, that is learning the ropes of his job from Ralph. F. Murray plays the adult version of Tony that is telling the story, in flashbacks. When a famous painting is stolen from a guest, a Keystone cop style adventure begins. There are chases, prison incarcerations, prison breaks, more chases and even a big gun battle in the hotel. Saoirse plays a love interest for Tony and Edward plays the local constable that is always in pursuit of answers. I must say, Wes must be friends with a lot of famous actors because there are a lot of cameos in this movie. I remember seeing Jude Law, Bill Murray, Harvey Keitel, Jeff Goldblum, Tilda Swinton, Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe and I think I saw George Clooney. I'm sure I missed some but those are the ones that I remember. It's rated "R" for language, sexual content-including nudity-and violence and has a running time of 1 hour & 40 minutes. I would probably buy it on DVD but it's not for everyone-it depends on if you like quirky.