Royal Tenebaums

The Royal Tenenbaums is a film that tells the story of an unconventional middle class
family in New York City. It portrays three gifted siblings who experience successful youths while experiencing failure and disappoint in the future years. A theme throughout the whole movie is family. Royal Tenenbaum, the father, leaves the family and lives in a hotel for 22 years. His relationship with his family is close to nonexistent. Royal tries to mend his relationship after he is evicted from his hotel. He lies by saying he was dying of stomach cancer. The family comes together one last time. A scene from the movie I chose was the scene where, Royal and his two grandchildren are riding on the back of a garbage truck. Royal is finally getting to know his grandkids and spend time with them. This scene is meaningful because at the end of the movie, a very similar scene pops up too. The scene is exactly the same including the camera angle. The only exception is Chaz, Royal’s son, joins for the ride. In the beginning of the movie, Chaz resented his father Royal. He even sued his father for stealing from him and even got him arrested for a brief period of time. This scene relates to the theme because it shows that their relationship improved. Royal repaired his relationships with his family before passing away due to a heart attack.