Rushmore details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Jason Schwartzman, Brian Cox, Mason Gamble, Olivia Williams, Bill Murray, Luke Wilson, Andrew Wilson, Seymour Cassel |
| Director: | Wes Anderson |
| Genre: | Comedy - Drama, General, Romantic |
| Studio: | BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Name | Discs | |
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Rushmore |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 29 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 15 Jun 2006 |
| Main languages: | English |
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Shares the same family tree as Election
By a customer from Penicuik, Edinburgh, Scotland , 02 Mar 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
Pie in the face it's not. A classy left of centre offering - from the same family tree as Election - charmingly skewed - deliciously dark in places -
Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman are both terrific - Schwartzman a revelation as he matches the dissaffected Murray at his desolate best. Much like Max - this won't be to everyone's taste.
It might not have made the Multiplex pass rate - but this is a worthy successor to Bottle Rocket and a precursor to Royal and his family.
Well deserving of its cult reputation.
Wry and vicious in equal measures - a gently humorous delight.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(86)quirky and humorous
By stfr1961 (11 reviews) , 09 Dec 2012I enjoyed Moonrise Kingdom so much that I thought this would be worth a viewing. This film didn't disappoint me - quirky and humorous - I'll be looking out to watch some older Wes Anderson stuff - I like his style!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Tedious and less
By supatall (9 reviews) , 05 Oct 2012Tedious, boring, unsympathetic. Written as and filmed as a couple of film students' project who thought they were writing a comedy with a dark heart. Missed their target entirely. And it's not a case of the writing being aimed at an American audience who might have sympathy with the character 'cos of the setting rather than an international audience who might not appreciate the nuances of US High school teenage angst. I watched it with one our trans-atlantic cousins and she was as non-plussed as I. Vacuous, empty, nothing to say about life, the Universe or anything. If you want wacky, off the wall, what were they thinking when they made this film, try Rango (with sub titles on so you can get the full flavour of the script!) Just give this a miss. I haven't watched Tenenbaums for a while but you can see where that film (Tenenbaums) has come from. Avoid watching this....- Was this review helpful to you?
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Poor, very poor
By a customer , 13 Dec 2011I read good reviews about this film on film review websites but this is a really bad film. Completely unrealistic, very American, very unlikeable characters, poor acting. If fairytales are your cup of tea this is the one for you.- Was this review helpful to you?
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A bizarre little oddball...
By ed_nights (43 reviews) from London , 21 May 2011A fairly bizarre little film this one. Jason Schwartzman (in his first film) plays Max Fischer, a precocious and outlandish teenager at Rushmore High School. He's flunking his academics but excels at every extra-curricular activity going. Soon after his headteacher gives him an ultimatum to improve his schoolwork, he falls in love with the elementary school teacher Rosemary Cross (Olivia Williams) and strikes up a friendship with Herman Blume (Bill Murray), a local businessman. A peculiar love triangle develops between them and provides the impetus for the narrative.
It's a comedy-drama with subtlety and understated performances, despite the oddball setpieces. Whilst the comedy isn't laugh-out-loud and the drama merely hints at darker elements, it's still an entertaining film. The music especially provides humour, as well as providing a jarring retro tone which mimics Max's overly mature attitude to life.
Rushmore is a film worth seeing, even if it's just to witness the beginnings of Schwartzman, Anderson and (co-writer) Owen Wilson's careers. That in addition to a droll performance from Murray that continues with Lost In Translation.- Was this review helpful to you?
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who cares?
By a customer from oxford , 30 Mar 2011I hadn't realised that Wes Anderson (who directed the awful, awful Tenenbaums movie) was behind this unengaging, pretentious twaddle. If I had I wouldn't have bothered with it - all the Tenenbaum trademarks are there: the meaningless, latched-on eccentricities; the pseudo-kitsch style which can't disguise the absence of any substance whatsoever; the dearth of characters of any depth or plausibility (even with actors as fine as Bill Murray and Olivia Williams). The result is dismal, hollow. The star is for the soundtrack which is OK.- Was this review helpful to you?
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