The Darjeeling Limited (2007)

This is an okay movie. Three American brothers are learning to trust each other and hoping for a life changing experience while traveling by train through India. Francis (Owen Wilson) is the oldest and likes to be in control. He wants their final stop to be at an abbey where their mother is staying, but he hasn’t told the others. Peter’s (Adrien Brody) wife is pregnant, but he is not ready to be a father. Jack (Jason Schwartzman) is the youngest and has written a short story he claims to be fiction, but is similar to their lives.

The film is funny and there is some interesting imagery, but overall it was rather strange. The French song that plays during the credits is called “Les Champs-Elysees” by Joe Dassin. The DVD includes a 13-minute short film called Hotel Chevalier, which serves as a prelude to the original story. The film explores forbidden love, parental abandonment, and sibling rivalries. The director said he was influenced by the 1951 film The River. There is a train in India named "Darjeeling Mail."