Does the plot matter?

Rating: 7/10 (10 March 2014)

I'm not sure whether the plot really matters in any Wes Anderson picture. It's worth the admission fee just to view the amazing setting. Ralph Fiennes plays Gustave H., I wasn't convinced that he could pull off a comedic performance but he manages it with aplomb. He is assisted by Tony Revolori as lobby boy Zero Moustafa. There are fleeting cameos from, most notably, Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton, Harvey Keitel & Willem Dafoe. Dafoe was doing an impressive impersonation of Christopher Walken's headless horseman from 'Sleepy Hollow'. I enjoyed the movie, there were some humorous situations created by Fiennes & Revolori but all in all I would describe this as more quirky that funny.