Rushmore, directed by Wes Anderson (The Royal Tenenbaums) and starring Bill Murray, is a superb, light-hearted and hilariously funny film about a boy named Max - a 15-year-old student at Rushmore college who excels and enjoys participating in all areas of the school life.
Max (Jason Schwartzman) is a bright, well spoken and extremely enthusiastic member of Rushmore who organises and runs a large number of varied co-corricular school activities, ranging from skeet shooting and bee keeping clubs to directing awesome school plays. However Max suffers from a lack of study thanks to his abundance in his extra school activities and faces expulsion from Rushmore if his grades do not improve.
Things get out of hand for Max when he falls in love with the Grade 2 English teacher (Olivia Williams) and from here on in Max has to battle his troubles with school and his personal life simultaneously.
Rushmore in my opinion is an absolute brilliant film. Wes Anderson tells this story with style and a unique craftmanship for his work, creating a querky, light-hearted and generally very fun film. It's hard to express the brilliance of Wes Anderson and his unique way of creating such a great film. He's a truly great individual and original film maker.
I would rate The Royal Tenenbaums a slightly better film - as it's a more complete film than Rushmore, but equally funny and entertaining.
I suggest watching this movie at least twice, as it only gets better the more you watch it!
A brilliant film! A must-see. 8/10
Max (Jason Schwartzman) is a bright, well spoken and extremely enthusiastic member of Rushmore who organises and runs a large number of varied co-corricular school activities, ranging from skeet shooting and bee keeping clubs to directing awesome school plays. However Max suffers from a lack of study thanks to his abundance in his extra school activities and faces expulsion from Rushmore if his grades do not improve.
Things get out of hand for Max when he falls in love with the Grade 2 English teacher (Olivia Williams) and from here on in Max has to battle his troubles with school and his personal life simultaneously.
Rushmore in my opinion is an absolute brilliant film. Wes Anderson tells this story with style and a unique craftmanship for his work, creating a querky, light-hearted and generally very fun film. It's hard to express the brilliance of Wes Anderson and his unique way of creating such a great film. He's a truly great individual and original film maker.
I would rate The Royal Tenenbaums a slightly better film - as it's a more complete film than Rushmore, but equally funny and entertaining.
I suggest watching this movie at least twice, as it only gets better the more you watch it!
A brilliant film! A must-see. 8/10