102 out of 121 people found the following review helpful:

Very limited indeed

A Customer from London, 30th December, 2007

I watched this film without ever having heard of it at all and was drawn in by the creds of its director, plus the Wilson brother combo, whose eccentricity I normally find mildly entertaining. This film, on the other hand, drags on, and on, and on. In fact, it's as slow as the train depicted in the impoverished storyline. Sadly, the whimsical attempts at creating an arthouse film are not enough to hold it all together either. This film is dull and tries far too hard to be clever in an understated manner. It's just plain boring, and also happens to make India and its people look like a bunch of backward idiots.

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43 out of 54 people found the following review helpful:

Loved it, wouldn't watch it again.

A Customer from London, 17th December, 2007

I enjoyed The Life Aquatic, but that was mainly down to Bill Murray, who is always good value, but I found the film dragged a little, as not much happened. The same could be said for The Darjeeling Ltd, except that, as the surreal, amusing, visually-beautiful and occasionally very emotional story unfolded, I found myself completely caught up in its originality, its strangeness and its earnestness. I loved the characters, the music, the colours (sounds an odd thing to say, but it makes sense when you see the film) and the whole visual style. That said, I don't think I'd have the patience to watch it again. There is a lot of novelty in the film, but without it I can see it dragging towards the end, a second time round.

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42 out of 57 people found the following review helpful:

As refreshing as the Tea !

PaulaWestwood from , 26th November, 2007

The Darjeeling limited is a long distance train that cuts across India, and the film has nothing remotelely to do with the famous Tea. This is a voyage of reconciliation and discovery for three quite different brothers (Owen Wilson, Adrian Brody and Jason Schwartzmann), brought together by Wilsons character (Francis) on a venture to meet with their mother who has become a nun in a remote Indian village. His siblings however know nothing about this meaning to the trip, and despite 'itineraries' being stricly set out by Wilson, things do not happen entirely to plan, leading to a journey none of them expected. This is a really unusual comedy, totally unlike anything around at the moment, and is extremely beautifully set, written, acted and filmed. I can see perhaps some not falling entirely head over heels with it, but personally... I became completely immersed with it, a brilliant film that I will not forget for some time. Definately worth a watch.

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38 out of 45 people found the following review helpful:

cure for insomnia

tiaerica from , 8th April, 2008

Turn the telly off and watch a blank screen it will be more entertaining

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Not my cup of tea

A Customer from Harrow, 15th March, 2010

Anyone who understands this film...please enlighten me. I was expecting funny, scenic and a generally enlightening film but it was none of these. It lacked soul.

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Wes is best

NixPix from , 18th February, 2010

I know some people who say Wes Andersons movies are too visually contrived, this may be so but isn't that wonderful!!! Watch the extra features to see how it's made, awesome! I also love the movie short before the feature, films should do this more often.

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I don't mind slow, but this was just boring

A Customer from london, 12th February, 2010

I don't mind slow, but this was just boring

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Don't waste a rental title

A Customer from Berkshire, 3rd February, 2010

Gave up after 50 minutes - 50 minutes of life I'll never get back. Oh dear.

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