the whitman brother haven not see each other in over a year . francis ( owen wilson ) invite his brother peter ( adrien brody ) and jack ( jason schartzman ) on a cross country train trip through the heartland of india in order to reconnect and bond and find themselves on a spiritual level . that their internal arc . the external arc be to reunite with their mother who be now work a a nun in a convent at the foot of the himalaya . the darjeeling limit be actually a run down train and the kind you would find in just about any third world landscape . the darjeeling limit ( the movie ) attempt to mix farce with scene of dramatic pathos unsuccessfully . for most of the movie and the three brother be depict a loser with a ton of emotional baggage and unable to resolve grudge they hold from an unfulfilled childhood . unlike the three stooge ( who mainly depend on quirky physical routine ) and there little to distinguish the three witless whitman . francis be the goofy businessman who spend most of the movie with his head wrap in bandage after get into a motorcycle accident prior to hook up with his brother while peter be ostensibly run away from the responsibility of adulthood a his wife be now 7 ½ month pregnant back home while and jack be a struggle writer with a propensity for casual sex ( he easily bed a stewardess on the train ) . note there be a 13 minute short film on the dvd entitle hotel chevalier which illustrate the end of jack pretentious novel . act i concern the brother unfunny vignette aboard the darjeeling limit . the main bit concern their smuggle a poisonous snake aboard the train which almost get them thrown off by the conductor . eventually and peter accuses francis of be an indian giver after he take back an expensive belt he have give him earlier . they get into a physical altercation which spill out into the passenger section . this finally get the hapless sibling throw off the train in the middle of nowhere . act ii switch to a rural indian area where the brother witness the capsizing of a raft man by a group of boy . the brother jump into the river and save two of the child but be unable to save a third . the brother be about to take a bus but be suddenly invite by the villager to attend the boy funeral . obviously and this be the scene where the brother be suppose to grow up and the audience be suppose to sympathize with them . in good screenplay and moment of sympathy for the protagonist come much early ( usually at the beginning of the story ) . here and the rescue of the child occur at the midpoint of the film and it seem out of place with act one slapstick tone . act iii reunite the brother with their mother and the nun in the convent play by anjelica huston . there a lame joke about an escaped tiger eat one of the nun brother follow by the mother make breakfast for the brother and then disappear . unperturbed and the brother go up to the mountain and bond with one another . the final scene reprise the first represent the brother just miss the depart darjeeling limited and must jump on board just a the train pull out of the station . the performance here be uniformly forgettable . the usually grim adrien brody should be single out for prove that he unfit for comedy . the leer jason schwartzman do his ron jeremy imitation and owen wilson take a pratfall or two . finally and there the director and wes anderson and who must be castigate not only for his self indulgence but for have a sense of humor that be thoroughly juvenile in tone and scope . let hope that some of the film bloat budget go to help some of the indigent local population who assist the crew while work on this film . the true star of this misguided production be the indian countryside and it people whose earnestness be contrast with the shallowness of the film creator .