Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray).
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Owen Wilson
Francis
Adrien Brody
Peter
Jason Schwartzman
Jack
Amara Karan
Rita
Wallace Wolodarsky
Brendan
Waris Ahluwalia
The Chief Steward
Irrfan Khan
The Father
Barbet Schroeder
The Mechanic
Camilla Rutherford
Alice
Bill Murray
The Businessman
Director
Wes Anderson
Tagline
"I want us to be brothers again, like we used to be."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$16,000,000
Revenue
$24,377,151
Production
Fox Searchlight Pictures, Collage, American Empirical Pictures
talisencrw
May 25, 2016
This was really enjoyable. I know I over-rate Anderson films but it's because I highly enjoy both his visual sensibility and the quirky style of humanistic humour that's pervasive in his work. I also greatly admire Adrien Brody's acting--so taken together, even though this isn't considered one of his better efforts, it was 4.5/5 or 9/10 for me.
CinemaSerf
July 27, 2026
On the face of it, this doesn't sound like the ingredients for much of a comedy. A father dies in an accident and each of his three, depression-ridden, sons decide it's a good idea to embark on a train across India to reunite with their mother in the foothills of the Himalayas. To put it mildly, none of them really has much time for the other. "Jack" (Jason Schwartzman) is the baby of the group, t...
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