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Avg. Critic Score: 67 out of 100 Generally favorable reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
15 Iffy for 15+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 88
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    All the acting is exemplary. Brody, new to Wes' World, is revelatory as Peter. Read full review

  • 88
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Anderson is like Dave Brubeck, who I'm listening to right now. He knows every note of the original song, but the fun and genius come in the way he noodles around. And in his movie's cast, especially with Owen Wilson, Anderson takes advantage of champion noodlers. Read full review

  • 83
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    This is familiar psychological as well as stylistic territory for Anderson after "Rushmore" and "The Royal Tenenbaums." But there's a startling new maturity in Darjeeling, a compassion for the larger world that busts the confines of the filmmaker's miniaturist instincts. Read full review

  • 80
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    The Darjeeling Limited amounts finally to a high-end, high-toned tourist adventure. I don't mean this dismissively; it would be hypocritical of me to deny the delights of luxury travel to faraway lands. And Mr. Anderson's eye for local color - the red-orange-yellow end of the spectrum in particular - is meticulous and admiring. Read full review

  • 80
    Los Angeles Times | Carina Chocano

    The India of the movie is more an idea than a reality...Exotic, spiritual and, according to Peter Whitman (Adrien Brody), "spicy"-smelling, it's a magical mystery place where wayward foreigners can go to get their souls back on track. Read full review

  • 75
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    A spiritual quest can take many forms. One could argue that all of director Wes Anderson's movies focus on a sense of personal melancholy and directionlessness that often fuels such an odyssey. And they do so with a dark and offbeat wit. Read full review

  • 70
    Wall Street Journal | Joe Morgenstern

    The film as a whole operates in Mr. Anderson's patented, semi-precious zone of antic and droll. It's not as if the filmmaker has gone off the rails. He's just not solidly on them. Read full review

  • 70
    Washington Post | Ann Hornaday

    The Darjeeling Limited"has its charms, chief of which is watching three terrific actors evince with unforced ease the rewards and resentments of brotherhood. Read full review

  • 70
    Variety |

    Inventively staged picture should satisfy the upscale, youth and cult auds Anderson has developed, though it's unlikely to draw significantly better than his earlier work. Read full review

  • 25
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    A frustrating movie, a work of immaturity from a director who should be past the empty gestures and self-protective distance of his early work. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 15+ Wes Anderson tackles mature brotherly baggage.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that, like most Wes Anderson films, this quirky comedy deals with emotional baggage and relationships, which will probably bore younger teens (despite the presence of Wedding Crashers star Owen Wilson). The three protagonist brothers drink and share a love of prescription and over-the-counter drugs. There's a scene of peril when they try to save three young Indian boys from drowning. A dead child is shown, as is his Indian funeral fire. Suicide is briefly mentioned, and the death of a father is discussed on several occasions. There's one sex scene, although except for some passionate kissing, it's off screen. Language includes "f--k" and "s--t" but isn't incessant. Parents should also know that a short called Hotel Chevalier comes with the DVD and it contains more nudity.
  • Families can talk about whether Wes Anderson's movies are funny, sad, or both. Why? How is his style of comedy different from other filmmakers'? How is this movie similar to and different from his other films? Some critics have complained that the film's second act, which takes place in a small Indian village, is offensive. What do you think about that part of the film? Is it appropriate, or is its tragedy out of place with the rest of the film?
The good stuff
  • message true0 Positive messages: The brothers take a life-changing trip to India, but they're also self-absorbed, materialistic prescription-drug junkies with serious family issues.
What to watch for
  • violence false3 Violence: Peter and Francis wrestle on the floor until mace is sprayed in their eyes. There's a disturbing sequence in which the brothers try to save three Indian boys who are drowning. A boy dies, and Peter is hurt (he has blood on his face and clothes). As per Indian tradition, the boy is cremated by a funeral fire. Brief mention of suicide; several mentions of father's death.
  • sex false1 Sex: Jack and a train attendant kiss and eventually have sex (off camera). The brothers discuss whether Jack has just had sex with the woman.
  • language false3 Language: Some use of "f--k," "s--t," "a--hole," etc. Also the use of the insensitive phrase "Indian giving."
  • consumerism false3 Consumerism: Many, many scenes involving monogrammed Louis Vuitton luggage designed by Marc Jacobs.
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: The brothers all take a lot of prescription drugs and over-the-counter medicines and drink cocktails on the train. They also get in trouble for smoking in their train compartment.
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