Watching this makes complete sense when you think of Anderson's filmography after this film. It has typical Wes Anderson snippets of style and serves as a great prelude to a great career. Also, dignan is genuinely one of my favourite characters I can remember, Owen Wilson gives such a funny performance, brilliantly selling someone who is not totally there mentally and exacerbates every situation he finds himself in order to achieve greatness, or what he perceives as greatness. Overall this film is hilarious, beautifully shot and whilst not as complete as some of his other work, is right up there for me in the career of Wes Anderson. A must watch in my opinion.