Hotel Chevalier is a thirteen minute short that feels longer than that. Strangely, this isn’t the worst thing. It’s an incredibly basic premise of a Natalie Portman’s character reuniting with Jason Schwartzman’s. However, it tells everything in an incredibly linear sense. We see Jason Schwartzman go through the acts of brushing his teeth and staring in the mirror, ordering food and waiting, and more importantly, connecting. For a large chunk, there is no dialogue other than a french phone call at the beginning. While Anderson’s french influence has always been something clear, Hotel Chevalier truly embraces that side. So, although it’s slow, there are enough moments to make thirteen minutes be well spent. 7.8/10
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