The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is a 2004 American comedy-drama film directed, co-written, and co-produced by Wes Anderson. It is Anderson's fourth feature-length film and was released in the United States on December 25, 2004. It was written by Anderson and Noah Baumbach and was filmed in and around Naples, Ponza, and the Italian Riviera. The film stars Bill Murray as the eponymous Steve Zissou, an eccentric oceanographer who sets out to exact revenge on the "jaguar shark" that ate his partner Esteban. Zissou is both a parody of and homage to French
The Darjeeling Limited film "is unstintingly fussy, vain and self-regarding. But it is also a treasure: an odd, flawed, but nonetheless beautifully handmade object as apt to win affection as to provoke annoyance. You might say that it has sentimental value." Timothy Knight of Reel.com gave the film 3 stars out of 4 and said "Although "The Darjeeling Limited" pales in comparison to Anderson's best film, "Rushmore" (1998), it's still a vast improvement over his last, and worst film, "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" (2004)." Nathan Lee of "The Village Voice" wrote "A companion piece to "Tenenbaums" more than a step in