OK,most of the reviews I've read here are annoying-trying to be cool or hip,or review-like.

That's fine,but many,and I mean several that I read,got the info wrong about the content of the film itself-storyline type of errors.

So rent the movie yourself,or buy it if you are already a Wes fan,and judge for yourself.

I loved this film-my favorite of his so far,actually.

If you've never left the USA,you may not get it.

And I've seen newspaper reviews talking about how cliche it is-but they are missing that this is exactly the point.

The characters are and deliver their lines as though they are echos of themselves-so their cliche words take on a humorous and ironic tone,which is amusing and interesting.

As well,the movie plays on not only east and west,but male/female AND especially,in my opinion,where we are heading collectively,if one can even attempt to know this.

There's a funeral scene that rivals the best movie scenes ever,IMHO.

And,of course,the soundtrack is part and parcel-would not be as clever and funny without it.

Let go of your expectations about Anderson's films,and in fact let go of your linear time movie watching mind-this film is poetic and fluid in it's delivery. It is meant to feel like scenes quilted together,choppy but with a sensical nonsense tone-just like a night of dreaming.

Anyway,I loved it. It is,btw,not nearly as heavy as Royal Tannenbaums,and not as polished as rushmore (again,my opinion is that this is on purpose;Darjeeling is scattered and that is it's point.). The eccentric quirkiness remains.