Anderson shows us the deep spirituality of India but the joke here is that the brothers, surrounded by all this harrowing allure, can't rise above their pettiness. Anderson can't quite rise above his own quirkiness. It's not that he can't respond to the beauty he places before us he can but his jokiness keeps undercutting his own best efforts. "The Darjeeling Limited" is a transitional film for him: He's outgrown a comic style that can no longer accommodate his deeper feelings. Grade: B