The first review is up
http://www.slantmagazine.com/archive...enenbaums.html

Dat link don't work.

http://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/arc...enenbaums.html

Also a review of Amelie there too
http://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/archive/amelie.html

These links work much better!

cheers, Tony Block

Sorry if the link didnt work!

This cannot come out soon enough.

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Also a review of Amelie there too
http://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/archive/amelie.html

So it did end up with the commentary, but not the DTS track? Still, better than I thought.

Awesome! I can't wait to watch this DVD!

Amélie HAS the director's commentary! yay! no DTS though.

weird that The Royal Tenenbaums had picture quality problems.. that really sucks, especially since it's a brand spanking new film and because it's Criterion releasing it. i can't believe they'd release a sub-par transfer for it.. then again, the review could be exaggerated but they only gave it 3 stars of 5 possible.

I thought it wasn't possible for me to love The Royal Tenenbaums any more than I do now.I was wrong.I can't wait for this DVD.

The DTS track is on there, but apparently wasn't reviewed.

DVDFile's is up. Hell yeah.

http://www.dvdfile.com/software/revi...enenbaums.html

And the word on the video quality: GOOD

yes, very good news indeed! (especially since my DVD shipped today!)

didn't make sense at all that Criterion would release a disc with a faulty image like that, especially when it's a brand new film.. so i'm glad DVDfile set the record straight. maybe the DVD the other site reviewed was scratched, damaged or something?

is that what the cover looks like? the one on the criterion site is a lot nicer..

Ju|ian, it's both.

the poster family photo is a slipcover, and the handdrawn one is the regular keepcase cover.


more reviews for The Royal Tenenbaums:

http://www.dvdmg.com/royaltenenbaums.shtml

http://www.dvdauthority.com/tenenbaums.asp

Looky looky at what I found http://www.dvdshrine.com/previews/show.shtml?id=327

that's clever. palliate the masses with an aesthetically-challenged cover cramming in every superstar cast member.. but retain some integrity with a much more suitable keepcase cover. i'm probably going to throw out the slipcover...

Ju|ian, i'm sure Buena Vista demanded it since it'll be the only release available (at the moment, anyway) of the film on DVD.

I'll probably be tossing the slip cover as well. My copy also shipped this week. I was shocked. It's coming from Canada, but I sure hope it arrives by the weekend...

got mine today. fabulous release.. just terrific.

just ignore that first review.. he must've gotten a faulty disc or something. it looks great.

You are so lucky grizzly,I was just wondering what are the deleted scenes?

Bump, now that it's out

I watch it last night and was a little dissappointed. I liked it, but not a whole lot. The story was interesting, but it's a little to dark for my taste, and not as funny as I expected it to be.

Great picture quality, but what a waste of DTS. Beside there being a little background music, this is all front channel stuff.

MvVette99, I gotta say I agree with you. I couldn't figure out what was supposed to be funny either. The very end is the only time I even chuckled. I suppose I should have expected to not care for this movie, as I didn't much like Rushmore either.

sheesh... the slipcover isn't that bad, guys! It's not like some cliche photoshop collage. It's the Royal Tenenbaums family photo.

This is what I think. Grade: 9/10

Royal Tenenbaums is an erratic, yet smooth, cinematic experience. The erratic presence of the selfish Royal in the upbringing of the three children Chas, Margot, and Richie, leaves an element of worry within the later grown up children. Royal is searching for a way of paying his dues in order to fix his predicaments with his past. The films erratic element, i.e., editing and staging, lends support to the films theme and goal. In the end the whole films sums up with an exposed smoothness that leaves the audience contemplating.

DVD SMURF