Rent The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

Found to be very disappointing. - The Grand Budapest Hotel review by BE

I was really looking forward to this movie but have no charitable words for it. It came across as stylised rubbish, empty and unfunny. I gave up half way thru. Ho hum!

Strange but worth a watch - The Grand Budapest Hotel review by EM

Its a strange film ! Not what I expected, but I like that. Well shot and acted, but just really odd......still I'd recommend a viewing, but not sure I could watch it twice.

OK ish - The Grand Budapest Hotel review by Fussypot

Not as funny as the trailer would have you believe, and far too much swearing using current four-letter words not those that would be used in that era. Gets really boring, swearing once was more gentle and full of variety, now it is the same awful word over and over ad nauseam.

There were so many room in so many places it got confusing.

I am not sure it deserved all its BAFTAs. It was mildly entertaining and somewhat British at least, but a bit over-hyped.

The awful scenes with the poor cat were tasteless and nasty.

A lot of fun - The Grand Budapest Hotel review by Other Worlds

I've followed Wes Anderson's career for a while now. I enjoyed 'Bottle Rocket' but honestly left 'The Royal Tenenbaums' and 'The Life Aquatic' more bemused than amused. As a result I let his subsequent movies pass me buy , but a recent clip from 'Isle of Dogs' got my attention so while coming to CP to reserve it I looked back through Andersons catalogue and saw 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' and decided to take a chance on it. I'm so glad I did.

Anderson is not a conventional storyteller. His is a singular vision and his idiosyncrasies are on show in every way here, from the humour to the dialogue the style and the pacing . If you are willing to go with it then there is a lot of fun to be had here , if not then maybe you should pass on buy.

Unusually when it come to movies I would recommend the trailer - it captures the style of the movie well and doesn't spoil you with all the best bits in the movie. If you 'get' the trailer then there is a good chance you will 'get' the movie.

As other people have mentioned Gustave H delivers his dialogue at some speed , so if you have a home cinema setup with a decent sound setup make use of it; I tried first watching it on my computer but the poor speakers really did not do my experience of the movie any favours.

Very Pleasantly surprised - The Grand Budapest Hotel review by CP Customer

I had no idea what to expect from this film other that it had received mixed reviews. For the first few minutes of watching I was still unsure. Then I tuned in to its quirky offbeat style and loved every minute. You'll probably love it or hate it, too. Only one way to find out!

enlightened quirkiness - The Grand Budapest Hotel review by PR

What a fabulous film! Odd yet understandable, very well acted, surreal but not pretentious. And very funny. Don't miss it.

Hilariously Brilliant & Original - The Grand Budapest Hotel review by GI

The eccentricity of director Wes Anderson's films is never better exemplified than with this hilariously funny and thoroughly delightful one. Anderson's love of art litters through this and even if you neither care nor worry about spotting the many references it's that love that directs the style of this film. In a way this is a sort of 1930s picture postcard depiction with influences of silent cinema and early animation methods yet visually exceptional film. At times it's like a child pop up picture book and other times a dark mystery novel all rolled together. Set in a fictional Eastern European country at a huge, prestigious hotel starting in 1968 when an author (Jude Law) meets the hotel's owner (F. Murray Abraham) who, over dinner, tells the story of his early employment at the hotel in the 1930s when it was a magnificent and famous place. The main part of the film is how he is befriended by the influential concierge, M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes) who runs the hotel with efficiency and discipline but becomes embroiled in the death of a dowager (Tilda Swinton), imprisoned for murder and escapes to clear his name. The plot surrounds a valuable painting and there are Agatha Christie influences throughout. It's the fact that the film is one giant gag reel, from the script to the visuals this is just a treat and if your comedic tastes stretch to the slightly off-the-wall then this is a genuine treat. I've seen this many times and still spot something new and highly funny every time. Many of the performances are exaggerated and vaudevillian and the cast list is impressive which shows the keenness that actors have to work with Anderson. Here you will Tom Wilkinson, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan and Léa Seydoux and more. And they are all note perfect throughout. A simply marvellous and original film, a genuine piece of cinematic wonderment.