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Rushmore being my favorite movie, I found Wes Anderson's follow-up comedy a solid piece of entertainment in the same general mode, disappointing only insofar as it moves the earlier film's stylistic freshness into a kind of formula, increasing the overall cuteness while reducing the sense of adolescent despair. Not that the extended dysfunctional New York family of the title are happy campers by any means; like Salinger's Glass family, they're a disarming mix of prodigal talents, crippling incapacities, and diverging ethnicities. The movie's affection for them all is certainly infectious, and the cast is wonderful: Danny Glover, Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, and Owen Wilson. Whatever my qualms, it's far and away the funniest comedy out now. If you have seen this Rushmore and this movie and are wanting more Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson, rent Bottlerocket. This was their first movie and you'll find yourself quoting it for quite a while.