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In their youth, the Tenenbaums, an eccentric New York family, were
extraordinary. They were all geniuses.
Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) was a successful litigator. His wife Etheline
(Angelica Huston) raised their children to be ambitious, entrepreneurial and
creative - then published an acclaimed book about her child-rearing techniques.
Adopted daughter Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) was a gifted playwright. Son Chas
(Ben Stiller) was a masterful businessman with a taste for real estate. And the
other son, Richie (Luke Wilson), was a natural tennis champ.
However, when Royal packed up his life and left his wife and his family in a
cloud of betrayal, everything fell apart.
Twenty years later, the Tenenbaums are a dejected and alienated bunch, each
having found that their early successes did not carry over into adulthood. When
washed-up Royal learns that his distant wife Etheline, who has become an
archaeologist, may remarry, he feigns illness as an excuse to reunite with his
estranged family.
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