Member review

Wes Anderson's 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' follows the story of Zero Moustafa and how he came to be the owner of the infamous hotel. In Anderson's typically unique style, he uses narrated flashbacks to show a young Zero (Tony Revolori) and his adventure with the hotel's devoted concierge, Monsieur Gustave H (Ralph Fiennes) where the two find themselves investigating the murder of Gustave's favourite lover. Despite the seemingly confusing storyline, the film is nothing but intriguing with its powerful use of pink tones and filters used throughout. He also shows beautiful handmade landscapes particularly with the actual hotel. One of Anderson's favourite things to do is use tracking shots which he'd previously used in 'Fantastic Mr Fox', these help pick up the pace of the film along with the upbeat soundtrack by Alexandre Desplat. You can't get bored whilst watch this film and despite the dark underlying themes, the use of whimsical humour makes light of things. I loved this film and would definitely recommend to people of all ages,