Movie

The Royal Tenenbaums

by Margot Tenanbaum, Margot Tenenbaum, Gwenyth Paltrow, Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson and 122 others

Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, fai

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Characters

Owen Wilson (15)Wes Anderson (14)Gene Hackman (6)Royal Tenenbaum (6)Margot Tenenbaum (4)Gwyneth Paltrow (3)Eli Cash (3)Luke Wilson (1)Gwenyth Paltrow (1)Narrator (voice) (1)

“All memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums had been erased by two decades of betrayal, failure and disaster.”

— Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson, Narrator (voice), Alec Baldwin, imdb.com

Tagged: brilliance, Betrayal, disaster, Failure

“I'm going to kill myself tomorrow.”

— Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson, Richie Tenenbaum, Luke Wilson, imdb.com

Tagged: suicide threat

“I think we're just gonna to have to be secretly in love with each other and leave it at that, Richie.”

— Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson, Margot Tenenbaum, Gwyneth Paltrow, imdb.com

Tagged: Love, Secret

“Royal: [Points to Henry] He's not your father. Margot: Neither are you.”

— Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson, Royal Tenenbaum, Gene Hackman, imdb.com

Tagged: paternity

“Royal: Everyone's against me. Pagoda: It's your fault, man. Royal: I know but dammit, I want this family to love me.”

— Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson, Royal Tenenbaum, Gene Hackman, imdb.com

Tagged: Paranoia, Love, Blame

“Why would a reviewer make the point of saying someone's not a genius? Do you especially think I'm not a genius? You didn't even have to think about it, did you?”

— Wes Anderson, Eli Cash, Owen Wilson, imdb.com

Tagged: Genius

“Anybody interested in grabbing a couple of burgers and hittin' the cemetery?”

— Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson, Royal Tenenbaum, Gene Hackman, imdb.com

Tagged: Hamburgers, cemetery

“Eli: I wish you'd've done this for me when I was a kid. Richie: But you didn't have a drug problem then. Eli: Yeah, but it still would've meant a lot to me.”

— Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson, Eli Cash, Owen Wilson, imdb.com

Tagged: Intervention, drug problem

“Raleigh: You don't love me anymore, do you? Margot: I do, kind of. I can't explain it right now.”

— Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson, Margot Tenenbaum, Gwyneth Paltrow, imdb.com

Tagged: Love, Loss

“Ethel: How long have you been a smoker? Margot: 22 years. Ethel: Well, I think you should quit.”

— Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson, Margot Tenenbaum, Gwyneth Paltrow, imdb.com

Tagged: smoking

“Eli: [to Richie] I always wanted to be a Tenenbaum, you know? Royal: [quietly] Me, too. Me, too. Eli: It doesn't mean what it used to though, does it?”

— Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson, Royal Tenenbaum, Gene Hackman, imdb.com

Tagged: Desire, Loss

“Well, everyone knows Custer died at Little Big Horn. What this book presupposes is...maybe he didn't.”

— Wes Anderson, Eli Cash, Owen Wilson, imdb.com

Tagged: George Custer, Little Big Horn

“I'm very sorry for your loss. Your mother was a terribly attractive woman.”

— Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson, Royal Tenenbaum, Gene Hackman, imdb.com

Tagged: Loss, Condolences, Inappropriate

“Chas: I've had a rough year, dad. Royal: I know you have, Chassie.”

— Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson, Royal Tenenbaum, Gene Hackman, imdb.com

Tagged: rough year, Empathy

“I think we’re just gonna have to be secretly in love with each other and leave it at that.”

— Margot Tenanbaum, Margot Tenenbaum, Gwenyth Paltrow, imdb.com

Tagged: Quote of the Moment, Secretly in love, Love, whimsical, Almost Relationships