The extracurricular king of Rushmore preparatory school is put on academic probation. (IMDb)
Anderson’s expertly artful direction (beautiful framing, distinct and thoughtful camerawork, and yummy set/character details) and oft-oddball script (“I’ll take Punctuality”; “I’ll take the tuna fish”) here is filled out nicely by a set of complex characters (led by the ambitious adult-teen hybrid Max) and nuanced (if not super deep) relationships within a solid dramedy script, providing the viewer with nearly as many emotional moments of satisfaction (“That’s my Max!”) as pure cinematic ones.
8/10 (Great)
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I think Rushmore is my favourite Wes Anderson movie and possibly my favourite Bill Murray role. Hard to commit on both but it’s up there!
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I haven’t officially reviewed all of his films, but I think Grand Budapest just edges this one for me right now… but only by the slimmest of margins! Rushmore is great. Bill Murray is definitely brilliant here too, although I just watched What About Bob? and it’s going to be hard to top that role for me! Just hilarious.
Thanks for the comment, Sean!
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I love this one too, but Life Aquatic is my favourite Anderson and Murray. 🙂
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another good one! Seu Jorge-swoon…
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Oh my god Joel, not only are we dragging you into our Spectre fight, now we’re starting a Wes Anderson one too – on YOUR blog!
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haha no worries whatsoever! I welcome all movie related fights here if you two ever need an arbitrary mediator to decide the winner 😉
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incidentally, I have to say I think I lean more towards Sean’s vote for Rushmore than yours for The Life Aquatic.. I’ll have to go an see Spectre to see who officially wins there 😛
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Welcome to #TeamSean! If you liked the Max Fischer Players’ production of Armageddon, you’re going to love SPECTRE!
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haha nice! “we’re going to blow it up.” a sufficient summation?
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I have yet to see this one! I have to go watch it!
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definitely recommended by me if you like Anderson’s style! 🙂
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I do:) will have to remember to watch this one when we are deciding on a movie next time.
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I was a bit unimpressed by this. Although the characterisation, script and design is very witty and Wes Anderson, I think the Grand Budapest is his best.
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Fair enough! So far Grand Budapest has been my favourite of his too! Thanks for the comment and the follow!
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