The Grand Budapest Hotel

It reviews better than it plays — admired more than it is enjoyed.

• “A captivating 1930s-set caper whose innumerable surface pleasures might just seduce you into overlooking its sly intelligence and depth of feeling.”

  Justin Chang, Variety · 100

• “The auteur’s style — dramatic zooms, winking symmetry — is balanced against a newfound political context; this one’s his "To Be or Not to Be."”

  Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out · 100

• “The Grand Budapest Hotel, Mr. Anderson’s eighth feature, will delight his fans, but even those inclined to grumble that it’s just more of the same patented whimsy might want to look again. As a sometime grumbler and longtime fan, I found myself not only charmed and touched but also moved to a new level of respect.”

  A.O. Scott, The New York Times · 100

• “The writer-director's familiar style blends with a group of unexpected factors to create a magnificently cockeyed entertainment.”

  Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times · 100

• “Anderson the illusion-maker is more than graceful, he's dazzling, and with this movie he's created an art-refuge that consoles and commiserates. It's an illusion, but it's not a lie.”

  Glenn Kenny, RogerEbert.com · 100