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The Grand Budapest Hotel

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The Grand Budapest Hotel  (2014) A Review by Grant Kanigan Directed by: Wes Anderson Written by: Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness,                Inspired by Stefan Zweig's writings Starring:  Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham,                Tony Revolori, Edward Norton,                Harvey Keitel Rating: 14A Release Date: March 14, 2014  Paul Schlase, Tony Revolori, Tilda Swinton & Ralph Fiennes in  The Grand Budapest Hotel © 2013 - Fox Searchlight      Wes Anderson has always been an interesting filmmaker. Exploding onto the cinematic landscape with 1994's Bottle Rocket,  Anderson has quickly made a name for himself as an auteur. Swinging from sublime to stupid, Anderson has had as many hits as he has misses. For every Moonrise Kingdom, or Royal Tenenbaums , he's also had style-over-substance misfires like the boring Darjeeling Limited  or the atrociously mishandled Fantastic Mr. Fox. Still, even Anderson's less than ideal misfires