The Darjeeling Limited

Three estranged brothers come together for a fraternal bonding odyssey and perhaps even a reunion in Wes Anderson's colorful lark of family dysfunction and emotional distance among the lost souls of privilege. The oldest (Owen Wilson) has organized the train trip across India and micromanaged their every moment, much to the exasperation of a middle brother (Adrien Brody) apprehensive about impending fatherhood and a kid brother (Jason Schwartzman) nursing a broken heart. It's all quite precious, full of whimsy and irony and earnest rituals that they never quite connect with, and the story resorts to the most arrogant of tragedies to finally bring them together in unified heroism. But there is also a nice sense of fraternal affection under the frustration, playful details in the margins, a bouncy energy, and Anderson's idiosyncratic tastes in fashion and music. Amara Karan, Wallace Wolodarsky, Bill Murray and Anjelica Huston co-star. Watch the accompanying short film "Hotel Chevalier," with Schwartzman and Natalie Portman, as a prologue. Also includes the 22-minute featurette "The Darjeeling Limited Walking Tour."