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In The O Factor, Field Maloney asks if Owen Wilson was the key to the Wes Anderson phenomenon.

The suggestion is that Anderson is too insular about the worlds he creates without Wilson’s writing collaboration to act as a moderating influence.

It makes sense. It seemed like Life Aquatic was a major homage to Buckaroo Bonsai which was extremely insular in its own right. I loved Buckaroo, and I even sort of liked Life Aquatic, but it did leave me cold in a number of ways. But then, so did Rushmore the first couple times I saw that. It was only after repeated viewings that I came to love Rushmore so much. I’ve only seen Life Aquatic once, so I’m reluctant to pass a too early judgment on the film.