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Grand Budapest Hotel, The

Grand Budapest Hotel, The

Comedy, Drama

The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.


The critical consensus

The haters will no-doubt hate, but this is a sparkling effort with an utterly endearing lead turn from Ralph Fiennes.

****(*)David Jenkins, Little White Lies, 06/02/2014

It's a nimblefooted, witty piece, but one also imbued with a premonitory sadness at the coming conflagration.

****(*)Andrew Pulver, The Guardian, 06/02/2014

Like the eye-catching cakes Agatha makes, Wes Anderson’s eighth feature has a heft beneath its icing, heart behind its artifice. Check in, and you won’t want to leave.

****(*)Emma Morgan, Total Film, 14/02/2014

More surprising is the subject matter: behind the predictably whimsical yarn of a hotel concierge on the run lies a darker tale of pre-war Europe, a land of intrigue, disease, love and bubbling violence.

****(*)Sam Lewis, The Skinny, 20/02/2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel is arguably Wes Anderson’s most Wes Anderson-y feature to date, and as such your level of enjoyment will depend on how you feel about the quirky filmmaker and his extremely idiosyncratic style.

***(*)(*)Stephen Carty, Flix Capacitor, 23/02/2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel is as ravishing as it is madcap; channelling a childlike sense of wide-eyed wonder, it recaptures the magic of early cinema whilst remaining peculiarly modern and thoroughly, utterly Anderson.

*****Emma Simmonds, The List, 25/02/2014

This movie is a confection in itself – deceptively light, very rich, and decidedly moreish.

Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman, 02/03/2014

Another meticulously stylish and deadpan Wes Anderson movie that walks the fine line between masterpiece and folly.

****(*)Damon Wise, Empire Online, 04/03/2014

The narrative sags in the second act when Gustav takes a back seat to a new group of characters, a rugged bunch of prison inmates led by Harvey Keitel, and as ever Anderson’s stage-managed artistry precludes proper feeling.

***(*)(*)Henry Fitzherbert, Daily Express, 05/03/2014

For the first hour you want passionately to love the film. For the second hour, or much thereof, you want passionately to leave it.

Nigel Andrews, Financial Times, 06/03/2014

Watching this is like taking the waters in Zubrowka. A deeply pleasurable immersion.

****(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 06/03/2014

It’s a measure of Anderson’s skill that he can make a film whose main subject is loss seem so light-hearted and pleasurable.

*****Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 06/03/2014

Quirky but wonderful.

*****Brian Viner, Daily Mail, 06/03/2014

This artfully precise comedy is full of rapier-sharp wit, and Ralph Fiennes's timing is note-perfect.

****(*)Mark Kermode, The Observer, 09/03/2014


Features about Grand Budapest Hotel, The

Wes Anderson: in a world of his own

Tom Lamont, The Observer, 23/02/2014

A brief guide to the many guests at The Grand Budapest Hotel

Niki Boyle, The List, 04/03/2014

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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