‘The Phoenician Scheme' Review: Wes Anderson's Latest Loopy Father Figure
Aside from Sofia Coppola and her princesses in gilded cages, Wes Anderson might be the filmmaker who is most obsessively focused on a single theme. A charming but outlandishly inept father is once again in the spotlight for his latest comedy, 'The Phoenician Scheme.'
As in several other films directed by Mr. Anderson, an ebulliently wacky dad, this time played by Benicio del Toro, tries to reconnect with a suspicious and wounded offspring, in this case Liesl, a novitiate played by Mia Threapleton. It's 1950, and she hasn't seen the old man in six years when he, Zsa-zsa Korda, an internationally loathed rogue trying to pull off a massive series of construction projects, reunites with her to tell her she's his sole heir. Her nine brothers? They don't count, he tells her. One of them fires flaming arrows at the pair (from a crossbow) as they discuss matters.
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