The journalist Jane Winslett-Richardson (Cate Blanchett) and a pilot that claims to be his unknown son, Ned Plimpton (Owen Wilson), join his crew in their journey, planned by his wife Eleanor Zissou (Anjelica Huston). He raises funds for an expedition in his ship Belafonte to hunt the shark and make a new film. While making a documentary, the famous oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) loses his dear friend, eaten by a jaguar shark. Reviewed by claudio_carvalho 4 / 10 Weird, Non-Sense, Silly, Not Funny and Boring
This one does get more fun the second time around. This is one more step for Wes on his road to achieving something amazing. Bill Murray is a bit too harsh to be likable. He's doubling down on the deadpan humor on his way to creating his own unique style. It's Wes Anderson's movie after 'The Royal Tenenbaums'. There is a romantic triangle and a pirate hideaway. They break into an underwater station owned by Alistair Hennessey (Jeff Goldblum) to steal his gear. Bill Ubell is the stooge from the bond company. Eleanor Zissou (Anjelica Huston) is the wife and Klaus Daimler (Willem Dafoe) is his right hand man. Jane Winslett-Richardson (Cate Blanchett) is the pregnant reporter joining on her own dime. Ned Plimpton (Owen Wilson) joins him claiming to be his son. Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 6 / 10 more amusing than humorousįamed oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) is out for revenge after his comrade Esteban gets eaten by a mystery shark during their last documentary. The film could have definitely benefited from a re-write to punch up a script that just seemed to drag once too often. But, overall not terribly compelling or funny. An interesting experiment, yes, as the film certainly is original. I was thrilled when he "went berserk" a couple times in the movie when dealing with the pesky pirates, but these scenes only represented about 2% of the film. Most of the time, Murray played the part somewhat reminiscent of a zombie-with very little energy. Murray is "Steve Zissou"-a Jacques Cousteau-like underwater explorer who is down on his luck. So despite this film marking the return of Bud Cort and an excellent performance by Willem Defoe, it just was a big disappointment. Well, I think a lot of the problem may have been that while parts of the film were good, the total package just didn't gel. Considering it featured Bill Murray, I was expecting magic and a lot of laughs-the same ones I'd seen in THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO LITTLE, GROUNDHOG DAY or WHAT ABOUT BOB?. Have you ever seen a film that you expected to love but instead found yourself stumped at how bland the movie was? Well, this is certainly true for me when it comes to this movie. Reviewed by MartinHafer 5 / 10 I was left amazingly ambivalent
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