When is a Wes Anderson movie just a movie? For the first time since perhaps his very first film, Bottle Rocket, Anderson has produced a film that is, seemingly, preoccupied with intricate and complex plot details. But the key to loving The Phoenician Scheme is, paradoxically, to think as little as possible about the scheme itself, and instead, allow the incisive dialogue and provocative characters to take you into a kind of cinematic comedy-thriller that makes you uncertain just how much you should really be laughing.
The Phoenician Scheme has just quietly hit Peacock, and if you missed it in theaters, it's worth streaming for one reason alone: There’s not a single movie in 2025 that looks or sounds like this one.
