Brightlyme i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

Manthast Absolutely amazing

RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

bettycjung 2/23/18. A somewhat silly parody to pay homage to Jacques-Yves Cousteau (those red hats and speedos). Great ocean cinematography but the story line is totally silly. Decent cast for fans (Murray, Wilson, Blanchett and Huston).

Ian (Flash Review)First and foremost, the humor in this is as dry as a camel's rectum. Mix that with unusual dramatic plot points, deadpan emotional relationships, action and fantasy. At the center of the story is a filmmaker making a documentary of his potential discovery of a large, rare, polka dot fish. During this expedition are a swirl of scenes that involve all sorts of unusual relationship scenarios, semi-slapstick gunfire, underwater scenes, a hijacking and a rescue all wrapped in a shell of dry humor. This being Wes Anderson, there is an abundance of light-hearted color tones, purposefully framed shots, an awesome ship set piece (think life sized doll house) that is cut in half so you can watch characters walk between different rooms. The bulk of the soundtrack are David Bowie covers. The film is super random which is a pro and a con; perhaps the pacing is awkward in some parts. Some parts are very whimsical and amusing and some parts are a little boring and unengaging. But the final package is highly original and worth the adventure. This is a film that needs additional viewings to perhaps catch all the subtle humor and symbolism.

moonspinner55 Bill Murray, bearded in a red knit beanie, plays a low-keyed, yet fiercely determined oceanographer--a sort of second-runner to Jacques Cousteau--who has assembled a motley crew of adventurers to document his vengeful destruction of a Jaguar shark; complicating the scenario is the appearance of a southern airline pilot who believes himself to be the oceanographer's long-lost biological son. Another dry, quirky comedy-drama of odd human attributes from writer-director Wes Anderson; impeccably crafted and produced, but not always so interesting or likable. A great deal of the film's effectiveness rests on Murray's scratchy, irascible presence, yet his Steve Zissou often acts like a jerk, which undermines the proceedings with a sour tone that I'm not sure is entirely unintentional. Anderson's strengths as a filmmaker are apparent: he has an artist's eye, a talent for visceral detail which sometimes takes the viewer's breath away. However, his desire to punch up the character-driven material with mechanical action backfires (one may initially presume the hijackers episode is a fantasy of Zissou's), as does the mercurial but underwritten relationships between the men and women in the movie. The eclectic soundtrack--an Anderson staple--is lovingly filled with David Bowie songs (originals and those interpreted in Portuguese by Seu Jorge), while the look of the picture is both theatrical and vivid. Overall, "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" is about as unwieldy as its title--which surely hurt the film at the box-office--and not one of Anderson's watermark films, yet it features moments of beauty and emotion which make it worth-seeing for the filmmaker's admirers. ** from ****

Gustavo Schroeder A The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is written, directed and produced by Wes Anderson. It tells the story of an oceanographer trying to get revenge on a shark after it ate his best friend. And for the most part, I really liked the Life Aquatic. Anderson's style resonates throughout the film: it's silly, goofy and bright. Some of it doesn't really make sense, but it's established by the tone of the film that that doesn't really matter. The cast is great: Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Cate Blanchett, Jeff Goldblum and others. Almost everyone is great, especially Murray with his sarcastic humor that never gets old and Goldblum with his eccentric antics. For me though, hat's off for Willem Dafoe. He stole every scene he was in as the German engineer. He was so funny and just great. I have to say I did not like Owen Wilson in this, at all. He plays this pilot from Kentucky, which is fine as a character, but the problem is I didn't see the character in the movie, I just saw Owen Wilson trying to do a terrible accent. Either cast someone else or don't have Wilson's character be from Kentucky.Also, for me the movie is at its best when it's silly and joyful, but the movie does fall back to melancholy and drama at times and that for me didn't really work that well in this type of film after the tone of silliness was established.However, overall The Life Aquatic is a very good movie, with great set designs and characters and great silly creatures and props. Things you don't see a lot in movies anymore and I really appreciate those kinds of things. You can tell a lot of heart went into doing this and I love that. The Life Aquatic is one of a kind and although it may get tedious at times, it's still a project that was made with a lot of love and creativity, so I respect it for that.7.5/10