In our writers' favourite film series, Paul Hamilos swots up on Wes Anderson's ode to obsession and the geeks who never inherit the earth
• Grade Rushmore's efforts and attainments in your own review here, or prepare for bee-battling and brake-cable-slashing in the comments
I remember going into the cinema to watch Rushmore with no expectations. I hadn't read any reviews, nor had I seen Bottle Rocket, director Wes Anderson's first film. But as soon as the opening scene started rolling, and we settled down to watch Max Fischer completing "probably the hardest geometry equation in the world" (before having that whipped from under our feet as we realise he's only dreaming), I knew I was going to love it.
For starters, there's the cast. Bill Murray. Here he's on magisterial form as self-made millionaire industrialist Herman Bloom ("Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in...
• Grade Rushmore's efforts and attainments in your own review here, or prepare for bee-battling and brake-cable-slashing in the comments
I remember going into the cinema to watch Rushmore with no expectations. I hadn't read any reviews, nor had I seen Bottle Rocket, director Wes Anderson's first film. But as soon as the opening scene started rolling, and we settled down to watch Max Fischer completing "probably the hardest geometry equation in the world" (before having that whipped from under our feet as we realise he's only dreaming), I knew I was going to love it.
For starters, there's the cast. Bill Murray. Here he's on magisterial form as self-made millionaire industrialist Herman Bloom ("Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in...
- 11/15/2011
- by Paul Hamilos
- The Guardian - Film News
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