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 new directions, "Darjeeling" is a movie about people trapped in themselves and what it takes to get free—a movie, quite literally, about letting go of your baggage." "The Christian Science Monitor" critic Peter Rainer said "Wes Anderson doesn't make movies like anybody else, which is sometimes a good thing and sometimes not. His latest, "The Darjeeling Limited", combines what's best and worst about him." "New York Magazine" critic David Edelstein said that the film is "hit and miss, but its tone of lyric melancholy is remarkably sustained."