“The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou” is the latest Wes Anderson film about oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) who seeks the jaguar shark that ate his best friend.

On his journey he is accompanied by his crew, which includes Ned Plimpton (Owen Wilson),who is said to probably be Zissou’s long lost son; Eleanor Zissou (Anjelica Huston), Zissou’s wife; Klaus Daimler (Willem Dafoe), the German engineer; and Jane Winslett-Richardson (Cate Blanchett), the reporter covering the sea expedition.

Anderson brings together a group of quirky characters that never get boring. Anderson is a master of creating and directing idiosyncratic characters.

During their journey, the crew encounters many events that get in their way of finding the jaguar shark.

The boat, The Belafonte, gets hijacked by pirates.

Zissou’s wife disembarks during the voyage.

The funding for this trip is low so the crew has to steal computer equipment.

“The Life Aquatic” is a comedy with a dark twist that resembles Anderson’s last film, “The Royal Tenenbaums.”

Visually the film is amazing. Anderson creates sets like film negative cells.

Aboard The Belafonte the rooms are set up like these cells.

They are each so stylistically different that they give off the feeling that the boat is another character in the film.

Anderson also adds in a hidden way to make fun of Jacques Cousteau movies by using the name Steve Zissou, which is French sounding.

Cousteau’s boat is named the Calypso and Zissou’s boat is named the Belafonte, the name of a man who makes calypso music.

If you are a fan of Anderson’s previous films, you will not be disappointed with this one.