Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) - modelled on explorer Jacques Cousteau - is having a bad day: his friend has been eaten by a giant shark, his latest documentary is a yawn, his agent Oseary (Michael Gambon) is deserting him and he is estranged from his wife Eleanor (Anjelica Huston). All he has left is his ship and crew, and even they are in the dumps. When pilot Ned Plimpton (Owen Wilson), who may or may not be his son from an affair, and journalist Jane Winslett-Richardson (Cate Blanchett) enter his life, he decides to satisfy his thirst for revenge by hunting down the shark and maybe revive his fortune.
TLAWSZ, like earlier Wes Anderson films 'The Royal Tanenbaums' and 'Rushmore', takes a lot of time establishing the off-centred setting and quirky characters, and we're halfway through the film before the film moves beyond its introduction.
Nothing much happens after that.
2 out of 5 stars.
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