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The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
· Movie
· 110 min
B
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1020
- IMDb #822
- Google retired #2172
- Rotten Tomatoes #1076
- Metacritic #725
- Letterboxd #372
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1931
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #604
- Metacritic Critics #955
- Metacritic Audience #498
- Criticker #537
- Douban #646
- Kinopoisk #1442
- AlloCiné #2049
- Trakt #1244
Every rating
63–89
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 63, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 89.
See the most agreed on films →The eccentric members of a formerly famous family are unexpectedly reunited when the patriarch, who has been separated from them for years, falsely announces he is terminally ill. His return forces each of his gifted but deeply troubled adult children to confront their past failures, unresolved feelings for one another, and the lingering influence of their childhood.
Details
- Director
- Wes Anderson
- Writers
- Owen Wilson, Wes Anderson
- Released
- 5 October 2001
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Italian
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $21.0M
- Box office
- $71.4M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 17 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 22 →1 major award won · 5 wins from 22 nominations across 14 ceremonies
| Golden Globes 2002 | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy | Gene Hackman | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2002 | Best Original Screenplay | Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson | Nominee |
| Art Directors Guild 2002 | Excellence in Production | David Wasco, Carl Sprague, Adam Scher and Doug Huszti | Nominee |
| Writers Guild of America 2002 | Best Original Screenplay | Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson | Nominee |
| Guldbagge Awards 2003 | Best Foreign Film | Wes Anderson | Nominee |
| American Cinema Editors 2002 | Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical | Dylan Tichenor | Nominee |
| American Film Institute 2002 | Featured Actor of the Year – Male – Movies | Gene Hackman | Winner |
| British Academy Film Awards 2002 | Best Original Screenplay | Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson | Nominee |
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Golden Globes
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor – Musical or Comedy | Gene Hackman | Winner |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild
1 nomination
| Excellence in Production | David Wasco, Carl Sprague, Adam Scher and Doug Huszti | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor | Gene Hackman | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson | Nominee |
American Film Institute
1 nomination, 1 won
| Featured Actor of the Year – Male – Movies | Gene Hackman | Winner |
Costume Designers Guild
1 nomination, 1 won
| Excellence in Contemporary Film | Karen Patch | Winner |
National Society of Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Gene Hackman | Winner |
Satellite Awards
6 nominations
| Best Actor, Comedy or Musical | Gene Hackman | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical | Wes Anderson | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor, Comedy or Musical | Ben Stiller | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor, Comedy or Musical | Owen Wilson | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress, Comedy or Musical | Anjelica Huston | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress, Comedy or Musical | Gwyneth Paltrow | Nominee |
Young Artist Awards
3 nominations
| Best Supporting Young Actress | Irene Gorovaia | Nominee |
| Best Young Actor Age Ten or Under | Jonah Meyerson | Nominee |
| Best Young Actor Age Ten or Under | Grant Rosenmeyer | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical | Dylan Tichenor | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson | Nominee |
Broadcast Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Acting Ensemble | Nominee |
Guldbagge Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Wes Anderson | Nominee |