Review of The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) by Vorhees — 22 Oct 2014

Within a notion of a modern Pagliacci- this film's whimsical, satirical and tongue and cheek nature run concurrently and in parallel nature with the quick paced role the film moves. Fiennes and Revolori are excellent and the characters endure you to care for their flawed nature and utter faults as it pertains to the plot.

Eloquently set in the mountains of Hungary, Anderson brings out the best of his embellished and baroque cinematography. With an inlay of narrative voices enveloping the entire plot- the film succeeds at placing you at a derivative story-arch that comically comes crashing down (that somewhat personifies a Byronian heroic trait on the part of Fiennes- perhaps to his own fault).

The film's slight downfall is the inherent burlesque and farce dichotomy that may be, at times, "overplayed" by the beau monde/ privileged humor that arises through seemingly unconventional plot points.