By: Wright Williams

Wright Williams — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:44:37 +0000

This is the most blatantly wrong review for a film I think I have ever read. After they initially met Wes Anderson even rewrote part of the script so that Max was in a sense, Jason Schwartzman. The role is slightly based on the exact personality that the actor portraying the main character HAS, so in a sense, it cannot be mis-acted. The basic point of his plays is that he is SUPPOSED to be an over achieving nearly sociological wunderkind who thinks he is more charming than he is, that’s THE POINT OF THE FILM. It’s as if you watched the film with the sound off?! Wow, this is like saying, HEY CITIZEN KANE WAS GREAT BUT WHAT WAS UP WITH THAT ORSON WELLES DUDE, HE SEEMED TOO POMPOUS TO BE A CHARISMATIC DUDE.
Wowzers is all I can say.

By: SC

SC — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:36:58 +0000

I enjoyed this review very much although I have a point or two to add.
I think the focus on the Max Fisher character is slightly misdirected. I think if you consider the characters in most of Wes Anderson’s film you would see that he fits in well. I don’t think it’s Jason Schwartzman that is flawed but the character in general. Like the most of the characters in his film he is extremely talented in his professional endeavors and not his social ones. Sorry this is a bit ridiculous, but judging on how a 15 year old would construct a series of plays in the manner that he did I would consider them something close to genius, his schemes of course are not but that is kind of the delight of the film I think. I’m just commenting because I feel that your interpretation on the nature of the character in the film influenced you more than you knew or at least enough to see this area of the film as a negative.

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