The irony of the story is that it is essentially a documentary about the making of a documentary--clever...

This self-referential crap was mildly amusing a quarter century ago. Then we all read Godel, Escher, Bach, got the joke, and moved on. But not Hollywood, and not our "serious" writers. Not clever, just boring.

The author of this article is an example of some one who just doesn't "get it". The beauty of The Life Aquatic is that you have to have some understanding of symbolism and character development and what is going on behind the story. It's the same concept of reading between the lines in a book. Wes Anderson shows you exactly what you need to see to get the most out of this amazing movie. I suppose the world needs Jeremiah Lewis's to give 5 stars to anything with Angelina Jolie or Ben Affleck in it, but it sure is frustrating when a "professional critic" wouldn't know a good movie if it hit him in the face.

This critic needs to pull the stick out bad and go watch there crap dramedies, and drive there prius, and drink there sh*t wine. while I sit back and enjoy murray's greatest performance of his senior carrer

Garrett is absolutely right.