"I wonder if the three of us would've been friends in real life."
Brothers Francis (Owen Wilson), Peter (Adrien Brody) and Jack (Jason Schwartzman) have apparently never been really close and haven't even had contact with each other since they missed their father's funeral together a year before.
But after Francis has a near fatal motorcycle accident, he calls his brothers to join him in India for soul-searching, brother-bonding spiritual journey.
The interaction between the brothers is both humorous and poignant as they struggle to reconcile issues from their past. Of course, the fact that they are traveling with thirteen pieces of their father's luggage doesn't go unnoticed -- it's hard to not notice! -- as they come to terms with the baggage they carry in their lives.
The trip through India via train prompts the boys to also go search in Tibet for their mother (Anjelica Huston) who has always given more of herself to others than she can possibly ever give to her sons.
Wallace Wolodarsky appears as Brendan who is facilitating the trip for Francis. Rita, the beautiful Indian train hostess, is played by Amara Karan while the train steward is richly played by Waris Ahluwalia. Irfan Khan as the father of a little boy who the brothers tried to save but failed.
Cameo roles include Natalie Portman as Jack's ex-girlfriend, Bill Murray as a traveling American businessman, and Camilla Rutherford as Peter's pregnant wife
.
The wonderful soundtrack draws from Beethoven, Debussy, The Kinks, Rolling Stones, several Merchant-Ivory films, and several Bollywood films.
Directed by Wes Anderson, who also cowrote the script with
Roman Coppola and Jason Schwartzman.
Rated R for language.
My personal rating: B-
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