Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The

Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The

2004

Eccentric oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) and his crew find themselves in troubled waters when they attempt to track down the mysterious "jaguar shark" that ate Zissou's partner while they were filming a documentary of their latest adventure. Zissou also contends with a beautiful, inquiring journalist (Cate Blanchett) and a new member of the team who could be his own long-lost son (Owen Wilson). Anjelica Huston and Willem Dafoe co-star.

The deeper you go, the weirder life gets

JBscale
65
Good

Film Detail

Genre
Comedy - Adventure
Length
1 hr. 58 mins.
US Theatrical Release
December 25, 2004
US Box Office
$24,006,726 (#3194 of 7258)
Global Office
$10,788,000 (#3272 of 4157)
Rating
R
Restricted
Language, Partial Nudity, Some Drug Use, Violence

Collection Detail

Edition
Single Disc Criterion Collection #300 & Digital
Resolution | Digital Platform
Fandango at Home Fandango at Home
Aspect Ratio
WS 2.35:1
Audio
Studio
Criterion
Released
May 10, 2005
Acquired Date
April 29, 2006
Times Seen
1 Time
Last Watched
Specific date unknown.

Actors

Bill Murray
Bill Murray
Owen Wilson
Owen Wilson
Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett
Anjelica Huston
Anjelica Huston
Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe
Jeff Goldblum
Jeff Goldblum
Michael Gambon
Michael Gambon
Noah Taylor
Noah Taylor
Bud Cort
Bud Cort
Seu Jorge
Seu Jorge
Robyn Cohen
Robyn Cohen
Waris Ahluwalia
Waris Ahluwalia
Niels Koizumi
Niels Koizumi
Pawel Wdowczak
Pawel Wdowczak

Directors

Wes Anderson
Wes Anderson

Producers

Wes Anderson
Wes Anderson
Barry Mendel
Barry Mendel
Scott Rudin
Scott Rudin

Writers

Wes Anderson
Wes Anderson
Noah Baumbach
Noah Baumbach

Special Features

  • Audio Commentary
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Featurettes

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User Reviews

  • 3.16.2007 by biglummox (8/10)

Ratings

JB Users
80
Excellent
RT Rotten
57%
Tomatometer
225 votes
RT Fresh Certified
82%
Popcornmeter
12,611 votes
METASCORE
62
38 votes
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
214,340 votes

Additional Info

  1. IMDb
  2. Official Website
  3. Kids-in-Mind
  4. Common Sense Media