Grand Budapest Hotel

Another good one from Wes Anderson starring Ralph Fiennes.  I liked Rushmore and this was similar - young man seeks to enter adult world by seeking powerful patron.

Ralph Fiennes plays Msr. Gustave who is the concierge at a Grand Hotel in Europe in the days of those hotels.  Newcomer Tony Revolori plays the aptly named Zero, the Lobby Boy.  As Zero learns the trade from Gustave, the two develop a father/son relationship

The setting in the 1930s era film has the Nazi threat ever present.  It makes light of this eve of war via its Vaudeville aspect.  You feel like you are watching a puppet show.  The puppetry aspect also adds to the Pinnochio-type storyline ... little boy becomes a man.

 My rating  * * * *

Here's a guest review of the movie by soon-to-be-famous young filmmaker Alexander Stockton.