With a 75% RT Score, Is Wes Anderson’s 'The Phoenician Scheme' Really Worth Your Time?

For even Wes Anderson’s most ardent fans, the cult-favorite auteur behind such classics as Rushmore (1999), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) can be hit or miss. Many will recall the writer-producer-director’s mid-career wilderness period, where in between 2004 and 2012 he produced several works (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, Moonrise Kingdom) which lacked the compelling human element of his earlier works; but, on balance, he did make...