Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then
they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses.
Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was
subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster.
Most of this was generall
y considered to be their
father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's
sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.
