Should you watch The Grand Budapest Hotel?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Film · 2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.
The sides of The Grand Budapest Hotel
- A concierge and his lobby boy
- A stolen painting
- A pink hotel in the mountains
The Grand Budapest Hotel is good for you if…
- you like deadpan comedy with perfect timing.
- you like every frame looking like a pastry box.
- you like Gustave's flowery speeches and quick insults.
The Grand Budapest Hotel is bad for you if…
- very stylised, quirky films aren't your thing.
- you can't laugh at a severed head or a cat thrown out of a window.
About: friendship · loyalty · a lost world
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