Like Anderson's earlier Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums is a film filled to overflowing with cute little ideas and grace notes and witty little moments. Unfortunately, it is working so hard being cute and graceful and witty that it never really takes off. The film never really comes together into a consistent, engaging whole for me. It just kind of wanders from cute little thing to cute little thing to cute little thing to cute little thing. I was ready to move on long before the final credits started, ever so cutely, to roll.