My Limited Understanding: The Darjeeling Limited

The Darjeeling Limited reminded me of someone I used to work with who would show me her ideas and when I said I liked one, she would say, “Really?” I was afraid to like the movie, because the filmmaker didn’t seem to like it. There was something half confused, half contemptuous, half-committed about it. Was this dark comedy or just mean? If you don’t quite believe in what you’re doing, is that satire? But then you get into the Beatles’ movie meets the Addams Family charm of the thing and you walk away thinking, that was an enjoyable movie.