I always wanted to see "The Royal Tenanbaums". It sounds like a catchy story plot, but also the twisted melodrama attracts me. Stars are Gwenyth Paltrow and Ben Stiller, which is a plus, since I like them both onscreen. This is the story plot I stumbled on after reading some stuff on msn.com :
9. Royal in "The Royal Tenenbaums"
A few things a good dad doesn't do to his kids: he doesn't steal their fortunes; he doesn't shoot them with a BB gun; he doesn't blame them for the breakup of his marriage; he doesn't bring them to dog fights; and he doesn't lie to them about having six weeks to live. Meet Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman), guilty of all of the above and much, much more. When Royal learns his long estranged wife (Anjelica Huston) may soon remarry, he insinuates himself back into his family's life by claiming he has cancer. Royal figures this is his chance to get to know his three genius children, who aren't exactly itching for a family reunion. When they were young, Royal played favorites, preferring tennis ace Richie (Luke Wilson) over business whiz Chas (Ben Stiller), from whom he stole cash and bonds, and playwright Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow), who was adopted at age two and whom Royal thereafter introduced as "my adopted daughter." Royal tries to redeem his fatherly failure by playing pappy to Chas's two overprotected sons. His idea of good, clean grandfatherly fun? Jaywalking, shoplifting chocolate milk, and riding on the back of a speeding garbage truck.
Sounds good to me. Gwyneth's playing of the racoon eyed, dysfunctional Margot, is what got me so into it after watching her avid,convincing portrayal.
