Tumbleweed Tales
- Tagline
- Revenge rides a slow horse in the wildest West that never was.
- Description
- In the fantastical and satirical world of Tumbleweed Tales, a line is drawn in the dust when a wisecracking politician, played by Macaroni Douglas, and a quick-footed athlete, portrayed by Ingrid Bergammon, saddle up for an unlikely quest. Directed by the whimsically deadpan Wes Anderson, they embark on a faux-epic journey through a fable-like Wild West with one goal in mind: revenge - or maybe it’s vengeance? The ambiguity is part of the charm. Joined by the resourceful Jane Grean Bean, an enigmatic figure with origins as complex as her skills with the lariat, they tackle outlaws and absurdities with sarcasm sharp enough to shave a cactus. Experience a Western as imaginative as it is humorous - where the tumbleweeds might just talk back.
- MpaaRating
- G
- PopularityScore
- 1.60
- ReleaseDate
- 09/23/2021
- Genre
- Western
- Director(s)
- Cast
Critic Reviews
7.80
Ah, 'Tumbleweed Tales', a film with the pace of a lethargic buffalo and the biting wit of a toothless rattlesnake. It's so indulgent in its own quirkiness, you might forget you're watching a Western and not a parade of carefully curated kitsch piled high on a horse-drawn wagon careening down Whimsy Lane. The illustrious cast does manage to lasso your attention with wordplay that's sharper than a barbed-wire mustache on a wooden mannequin. There's Macaroni Douglas, delivering one-liners with the dryness of the Mojave, while Ingrid Bergammon prances with a vigor that would surely kick sand in the eyes of less enlightened cowpokes. And we must tip our oversized Stetson to Jane Grean Bean, a character as meticulously woven into the narrative tapestry as the film's deliberately anachronistic soundtrack. Truly, Wes Anderson has created a tableau vivant so self-aware, one might fear a tumbleweed uprising for being marginalized as mere set dressing. Nevertheless, I must confess, for all its narrative meandering like a creek after too much rain, the world of 'Tumbleweed Tales' enchants with its absurdity. Just maybe, amid the rolling weeds and sarcastic showdowns, there lies a kernel of cinema worth savoring - like finding a lone peanut in a bag of throwaway Cracker Jack prizes.