# The Phoenician Scheme (2025)

Less heart than Moonrise Kingdom and its predecessors, less fun than French Dispatch. It’s beautiful of course and some great performances including what might be a career best from Michael Cera. I wish it had more than a single role for women - a shame that Scarlett Johansson ended up with nothing to do.

It’s zany but so repetitively deadpan that it wears out its welcome well before it wraps. I’m still on Team Wes Anderson for life but I can’t imagine coming back to this one.