The Grand Budapest Hotel [DVD] [2014]

Gorgeous box art from top to bottom. Lots of great special features to justify the purchase, including the usual Criterion booklet with essays, etc. The disc plays very well on my 4K Blu-Ray player. Beautiful film, very entertaining.

In a fictional Republic of Zubrowka a clever concierge works schemes to achieve dreams. Many a-list actors add long or brief period piece performances to tell a comedic romantic tail laced in layers of intrigue and suspense. We can have a few drinks and enjoy the slapstick chic or notice details that intertwine over time to reveal what and who and why and how things got so crazy.

This is one of the best films I have ever seen. The cinematography is simpy beautiful, and the characters are so amazing and intriguing that they will carry you along this amazing journey. And the comedy aspect!! This film is truly funny when it has to be funny. If you enjoy great stories, terrific performances, and incredibly funny moments, then you need to watch this film.

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This movie has excellent acting and directing. It's fast moving with authentic on-site filming. It begins in 1932 and shows the beginnings of socialistic expansion into Eastern Europe. It is a gradual take-over with some final scenes showing tanks and storm troopers. An intertwined story traces the history of the Grand Budapest Hotel with it's key "Lobby Boy" called Zero. His entire family had been shot near Tibet and he fled to Budapest. The people in this area are now coming under persecution and eventual take-over or extermination. Another story is about a longtime wealthy vacationer or guest and her relationship to the hotel's conceriege, M. Gustave. She ends up being poisoned by her son but leaves everything to M. Gustave in a special will only executed upon her murder instead of natural death. As M. Gustave is executed he leaves everything to Zero who takes over and continues the hotel as before although the numbers of guest are much lower. I strongly recommend this film for it's acting, directing, and rare truthful historical plot. It is very relevant for today's times that undergo a "peaceful" process called "change" or "progress".

The film recounts the adventures of Gustave H., a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.

The Grand Budapest Hotel is a crazy cinema masterpiece that could only have come from the brilliant mind and creatively perefect vision of Wes Anderson. It's a kooky tale starring Ralph Fiennes in a unique and remarkable comic performance showcasing his magnificent talents. If that weren't enough, this is a motion picture to delight the eye and ear. Its zany tale unfolds through unforgettable performances by an endless line of so many fine actors, each having his or her moment of delight, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Saoirse Roman and Tilda Swinton to name just a few, but the icing on the icing on the cake is from Tony Revolori, who's portrayal of Zero, M. Gustave's (Ralph Fiennes) devoted sidekick, is a sheer delight. To further impress the eye and ear, this is a film masterpiece of glorious scenic design, awesome cinematography and an Oscar-winning musical score by Alexandre Desplat, that one will never forget. Cinema brilliance is extremely rare, yet when it happens, it becomes a motion picture the viewer will never forget. Without a doubt, this unbelievably memorable film comedy truly deserves to be preserved in the Criterion collection as true cinema genius. Bravo, Wes Anderson!

Fantastic original comedy with some entertaining special features included. Highly recommend!