The French Dispatch (2021)

The French Dispatch (2021)

2021 R 108 Minutes

Comedy | Drama | Romance

The quirky staff of an American magazine based in 1970s France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by...

Overall Rating

7 / 10
Verdict: Good
  • d_riptide

    d_riptide

    7 / 10
    As an loving ode to the spirit of journalism, “The French Dispatch” is everything you love about Anderson’s ever-evolving style and his penchant for whimsical weirdness. That’s a good thing here if you’re expecting that from the off-set... Read the full review »
  • WHAT I LIKED: In order to tell larger stories about convincing characters, most filmmakers and actors attempt to embed people's little mannerisms and behaviours without the audience noticing. But every now and then you get someone (think Tim Burto... Read the full review »
  • ScreenZealots

    ScreenZealots

    7 / 10
    “The French Dispatch” is the most Wes Anderson-y Wes Anderson film to ever exist, and it should come with a warning that reads: For Anderson Diehards Only. I cannot hide that I am a huge fan of the director’s work, so I tend to be more forgi... Read the full review »