The Phoenician Scheme
Drama Comedy Crime English
The story of a family and a family business.
| Cast: | Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch |
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| Director: | Wes Anderson |
| Editor: | Barney Pilling |
| Camera: | Bruno Delbonnel |
All Guild Reviews of The Phoenician Scheme
Wes Anderson ratchets up the whimsy in The Phoenician Scheme, doesn’t stick the landing
There’s Scarlett Johansson too in a cameo, playing Korda’s second cousin with a whole scene to herself, where she is proposed to
If whimsy had an address, it would be Wes Anderson, whose confections can either delight or dismay. His Cannes competition entry The Phoenician Scheme has nestled firmly into the latter for me: his latest flight of fancy, quite literally, with his lead character traversing the skies in a private jet, being ejected at regular intervals, turns the film into a survival manual. The film is set in the 50s. Benicio Del Toro plays Zsa Zsa Korda, a wealthy businessman who has a half-brother (Benedict Cumberbatch, almost unrecognisable under a thatched beard), a daughter who is a nun, and nine sons. If Korda wasn’t properly eccentric, he wouldn’t be a Wes character: accordingly, he decides to bequeath his empire to Liesl (Mia Threapleton), whether she likes it or not.
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