Occasionally Hollywood can produce a light hearted farce that has broad appeal across the movie going spectrum. The Grand Budapest Hotel is one of those films. With an all star cast lead by Ray Fiennes, the story is told in flashback as the storyteller recounts his long association with the now declining monument to a long gone era- '20's and '30's.
It's all very tongue-in-cheek as the characters come and go with the grand old lady hovering in the background and foreground. The plot revolves around the student-teacher motif: the hotel concierge and his youthful acolyte lobby boy. He is the recipient of the wisdom of his mentor's years of service to the stream of guests who arrive with seasonal regularity to enjoy the comforts of the "Grand Hotel".
Well worth the effort and the $$.
Rated ****
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