Grand Budapest Hotel review

Robyn Matthews                                             The Great Budapest Hotel Review

 

The Great Budapest Hotel directed by Wes Anderson in 2014 is a comedic drama. Starring Ralph Fiennes as ‘Mr Gustav’ and his lobby boy assistant Zero played by ‘Tony Revelori’. They embark on an adventure of success as they unravel the mystery behind the Great Budapest Hotel, we also get an insight of how the two characters friendship grew and how their lives entwined with one another. There is much violence and humour, this film also explores themes of power and success but all in all love comes through and saves people more than money.

I feel that this was an excellent film as it cleverly revealed a sequence of scenarios that came to the final conclusion. They did not give too much away at the beginning which gave the viewer a wondering engagement with the film.  It was full of surprises and gags which plucked a reaction from the audience. One scene in the film I found particular comedic was when a man was knocking on the giant gates and the guards head just popped around a regular sized door adjacent to it. The film is full of thoughtful comedic values but at the same time the producers didn’t go excessive and make it seem repetitive.

I did however feel that the slow beginning and revealing of the plot made the film drag and appear long than it was. At moments the audience attention was lost due to boredom and confusion. I do feel however that these scenes didn’t last too long and the audience was quickly drawn back in.

 

What else was interesting was the episodic stricter of the film. We are shown at the beginning a girl walking towards a graveyard. We then travel back in time where the hotel owner is discussing his story with one of his customers. We are then entering the first phase of the story. It is in first person as it is being told which is unique it’s a inception of fables.

I would definitely recommend this film to other. However I would say it is more suitable for older audiences in their twenty’s and older. The reasoning behind this is that you need to be motivated and interested in the film to continuously watch it and I don’t feel younger people will have the attention span and motivation to watch it towards the end. The reasoning behind this is that it is quite mentally stretching and you need that understanding and thought track of events in your head to piece it all together.