{"id":543,"date":"2014-07-30T15:33:41","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T19:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=543"},"modified":"2025-12-23T16:32:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T21:32:17","slug":"the-grand-budapest-hotel-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=543","title":{"rendered":"The Grand Budapest Hotel-2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Grand Budapest Hotel-2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Wes Anderson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #143<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed July 30, 2014<\/p>\n

Grade: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) is a witty and unique film by director Wes Anderson, who has also directed similarly quirky films,\u00a0 notably Monsoon Kingdom (2012) and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001).<\/p>\n

The famous story of the history of the Grand Budapest Hotel is recounted, over dinner, by the current owner Zero (played by F. Murray Abraham), and an inquisitive guest (Jude Law).<\/p>\n

The film then goes back to the 1930s and shares the story of the actual history of the hotel.<\/p>\n

The main story centers on the head concierge, Gustave, (Ralph Fiennes), and his antics involving older wealthy blonde women, a murder, stolen art, and a missing will.<\/p>\n

Gustave is a ladies’ man, and bisexual, who spends time with the rich women who stay at the hotel. \u00a0Fiennes does an excellent job as the quick-witted, almost manic Gustave.<\/p>\n

This sets off a series of interesting, mysterious events for the remainder of the film that turns into a whodunit yarn.<\/p>\n

The visual aspects usurp the story. The art direction is amazing. The sets are constructed so perfectly and ingeniously that they almost look like animated sets or like a dollhouses.<\/p>\n

The costumes and makeup are flawless.<\/p>\n

The story tends to be tough to follow at times and is just not as strong as the other aspects of the film, although this is not to be interpreted as the story is not good- it is entertaining, but nothing more.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s just that the other aspects of the film are magnificent and the story is secondary. It\u2019s an odd film, certainly, but unique and interesting.<\/p>\n

Well-known Hollywood stars appear- Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Willem Defoe, and Harvey Keitel.<\/p>\n

Oscar Nominations: 4 wins-<\/strong>Best Picture, Best Director-Wes Anderson, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score (won)<\/strong>, Best Production Design (won)<\/strong>, Best Cinematography, Best Makeup and Hairstyling (won)<\/strong>, Best Costume Design (won)<\/strong>, Best Film Editing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Grand Budapest Hotel-2014 Director Wes Anderson Starring Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham Scott’s Review #143 Reviewed July 30, 2014 Grade: B+ The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) is a witty and unique film by director Wes Anderson, who has also directed similarly quirky films,\u00a0 notably Monsoon Kingdom (2012) and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001). The famous … Continue reading The Grand Budapest Hotel-2014<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2950,1169,8945,49,192,4828,1270,6874,1020,41,215,211,6127,1782,2058,6872,5317,4056,6534,2720,1818,4864,2244,2161,2716,1674],"tags":[78,2951,1172,8949,252,193,4830,1273,6879,1025,73,216,212,6132,1787,2060,6877,5320,4059,6537,2722,1819,4865,2251,2164,2718,1675],"class_list":["post-543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2014-films","category-adrien-brody","category-bill-murray","category-bob-balaban","category-comedies","category-dramas","category-edward-norton","category-f-murray-abraham","category-fisher-stevens","category-harvey-keitel","category-indiefilms","category-indie-comedies","category-indie-dramas","category-jason-schwartzman","category-jeff-goldblum","category-jude-law","category-kunichi-nomura","category-lea-seydoux","category-lucas-hedges","category-neal-huff","category-owen-wilson","category-ralph-fiennes","category-saoirse-ronan","category-tilda-swinton","category-tom-wilkinson","category-wes-anderson","category-willem-dafoe","tag-2014-movie-reviews","tag-adrien-brody","tag-bill-murray","tag-bob-balaban","tag-comedies","tag-dramas-2","tag-edward-norton","tag-f-murray-abraham","tag-fisher-stevens","tag-harvey-keitel","tag-independent-films","tag-indie-comedies","tag-indie-dramas","tag-jason-schwartzman","tag-jeff-goldblum","tag-jude-law","tag-kunichi-nomura","tag-lea-seydoux","tag-lucas-hedges","tag-neal-huff","tag-owen-wilson","tag-ralph-fiennes","tag-saoirse-ronan","tag-tilda-swinton","tag-tom-wilkinson","tag-wes-anderson","tag-willem-dafoe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=543"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20321,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543\/revisions\/20321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}