The Royal Tennebaums is a fiction family created based on the real society but still has its own world which might never happen in real life. What it means is like that family has divorced parents and 3 kids like a lot of normal families. However, the way the kids were raised is so in-ordinary. Each one is pretty crazy and they become their own type of genius. The lines, the actions and the scenes are nowhere close to the reality but it paints something that show how people want to direct their lives in the same way. Moreover, in this movie, family is also a place where built up the children's talents. The kids are genius. One was able to build up a lot of plays since she was young, one was able to maintain and prosper a business since he was small and one was a champion in tennis for years. They all have motivations to work and succeed. those motivations don't show up at the beginning of the movie. However, when everyone starts to collapse and fail then we know what are so important to them that inspire them to work. The tennis champion stops his career because of his loved woman gets married to someone else. The kid who establishes his business at an early age stops his job because of his wife's death. And the girl who loves the plays stops writing new ones because she did not find her true love and her works are not appreciated. The common thing of all of them is that their family is falling apart. Their base is not concrete anymore. They have the reason to fail but also we realize what makes a genius. One among many reasons is love. When you have your mind filled with love, you don't have to worry about where your heart belongs to anymore. You can feel more safe and secure to work and move on other things in your life when you got love. It is everyday proved to be true.