Three grown prodigies Chas Tenenbaum (Ben Stiller), Margot Tenenbaum (Gwyneth Paltrow) and Richie Tenenbaum (Luke Wilson) all with a unique genius of some kind, and their mother are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal (Gene Hackman) had left them long ago and comes back to make things right with his family.

The Tenenbaum House, 444 West 144th Street and Convent Avenue, Manhattan.

Battery Park, Manhattan.