Review of The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) by Pesho_One — 28 Oct 2014

It is beautifully shot, there are many famous actors appearing, but it is an utter nonsense nevertheless. It gets old and boring really quick. It is way too pretentious and taking itself too seriously while loosing grip and focus of its own twists and perks. It tries to be funny and it even succeeds at times, but the uncertain attempts are far too many. It just tries too hard.

As a whole, it will be perceived rather as a piece of art, which you can respect, but never really like. Avoid if you seek engaging movie, but watch if you are into the actors/director (still the performances are way too theatrical to really shine). And I am afraid, at the end, it did lean toward a waste of time for me.