T.S. Spivet: The amazing thing about water drops is that they always take the path of least resistance. For humans it's exactly the opposite.
T.S. Spivet: Maybe someday, I'll go back snapping at fireflies too.
T.S. Spivet: How beautiful the sun when newly risen, and explodes in the morning greetings happy as the man who can lovingly salute its rising more glorious than a dream.
Dr. Clair: Mediocrity is a fungus of the mind.
Smithsonian President: Only two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the former - Albert Einstein
Dr. Clair: A fool, by definition, is one who turns what is beyond his mental grasp into one big joke.
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T.S. Spivet: [narrating] Our ranch was located several miles north of Divide, lost in the Pioneer Mountains. The closest thing to traffic was when Union Pacific Freight trains rumbled through the valley. at 5:44 AM, 11:53 AM, 5:15 PM. The Divide was literally located on the continental divide. To the east, rivers spill into the Atlantic. To the west, it spilled into the Pacific.

T.S. Spivet: One day my brother Layton and I decided to christen its natural border.

Layton: [riding atop an oil rig] Giddy up little donkey, yee ha! Giddy up horse, yeah! Ya hoo!
Layton: Angela Ashworth says AIDS are bad and I probably have them.

Layton: Well! Next time, you just tell Angela Ashworth, just because she feels insecure about being a little girl in a society that puts an inordinate amount of pressure on women to live up to some physical standard, it doesn't mean that she has to take out her misplaced self loathing on a nice little boy like you. You may be an inherent part of the problem, but certainly doesn't mean you have AIDS.

Layton: I'm not sure I can remember all that.

Dr. Clair, Mother: Well, then just tell her... she's fat.

Layton: OK.
Father: [Spoiler] So I'm mute, and I'm dead?

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Trevor 2022-04-01 09:01:12

Cowboy dad, entomology mom, hippie old sister, hardcore old brother, scientist brother, and the misplaced role relationship depicts the interesting life of a eccentric family in a remote ranch. Bitterness, playfulness, and sadness come together. The form of road film is applied to this kind of It is not uncommon in the subject matter. A trip can completely resolve family conflicts and family relationships and bring new sublimation. Rene is good at French quirky and fresh, and the color tone of the picture is very good. The beauty of the Midwest is really beautiful.
Gerardo 2022-03-19 09:01:07

Three-star half; the first half is good, the strange family, the juvenile’s trips and whimsical animation design, the second half is reduced to mediocre family chicken soup; the colors are as bright as oil paintings, quite eye-catching, and the whole film looks like Marching in a sweet and exaggerated fairy tale; the genius boy’s habit of detailed control and uniformity, because of Wes Anderson, it is no longer amazing.