The Grand Budapest Hotel

By the second half, I was getting a little bored with Anderson's playfulness and quirkiness, and the whole thing had an annoyingly repetitive feel to it. I also felt at times that the presence of the huge cast of first-rate actors was self-indulgent, as the arrival of some new characters didn't really advance the plot one bit. But overall, of course, it's still entertaining, especially the sex-crazed hotelier with gerontophilic tendencies, played by Ralph Fiennes, is absolutely divine in some passages ("I go to bed with all my friends."). But I can't shake the feeling that this is still "just" slapstick, with eccentric characters and an interestingly garish aesthetic. Something was simply missing this time. But 3 stars is still not enough, so for me it's kind of a weak 4 stars. (29/11/2018)

It's goofy, zany, crazy, just weird, BUT it has its charm. The movie races forward at an incredible pace, the acting performances are absolutely brilliant and hilarious (the dialogue in the confessional booth speaks for itself: “Those fuckers!”) and the whole soundtrack is simply a masterpiece and perfectly complements the pace of the narrative. When I finished watching it, it didn’t exactly leave me with a wholesome feeling, but now that I’ve had enough time to think about it and turn it over in my head, The Grand Budapest Hotel basically doesn’t have a single flaw and .... yes, I'm already looking forward to watching it again. (11/07/2014)