Rushmore - Criterion Collection

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Summary: criterion edition rulz
Review: The most annoying thing for DVD fanatics is a movie that comes out on DVD with no bonus materials which is then re-issued with a ton on them.Rushmore is one such case.For one it was really expensive almost 30 dollars. You get so much more for an extra 10 dollars here. And at amazon with a price of 30 dollars you cant go wrong.The commentary is great. The Charlie Rose show with an interview by Murray, and director Wes Anderson (done separatly is also great). The making of documentary is done exceptionally well and the spoofs of armageddon, the truman show, and out of sight from the mtv movie awards are hilarious.You can never go wrong with criterion.

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Summary: I love this movie
Review: Okay, so it's definitely not laugh out loud funny. It's humor is much more subtle and subject to taste differences. But what more can you say about a movie with dialog like: -I like your nurse's uniform guy. -These are OR scrubs. -Oh are they? Sure, you have to see it...that whole scene is wonderful, the movie never misses a mark, the music is SUBLIME (best soundtrack ever) and the visuals are just amazing, the characters stoic and empathetic... allright, i'm going to go watch it again right now... toodles... pick this one up!

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Summary: These reviews are more entertaining than the movie!
Review: How can all the four and five star people find this boring heap of film funny and entertaining? You're all way too easily amused. You definitely need to get out more. This Jason kid is about as interesting as a bowl of oatmeal. Next time, rent something a little more profound.

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Summary: For once, you can believe the hype!
Review: If I love a movie at the theater, I'll buy it, or if one of my favourite stars is in a movie, I'll buy it even if I haven't seen it! Then there's the browse and buy movie...haven't seen it, no great stars in it, but it appears to have a lot going for it, and as a movie buff I know I'll probably enjoy it. There are problems with this last category: the movie fails to live up to the hype...Rushmore has been simply swamped with accolades and critical praise, but it really deserves the lot! A rare thing indeed. Jason Schwartzman plays a potentially cliched character to perfection, a college clever-arse who looks pretty rediculous with it, Max Fischer. Yet he and the script transcend the obvious; he doesn't get ridiculed and bashed about by all and sundry..he has a best friend, suffers only one bully (who actually respects him) and everyone else is happy to take him for what he is...until he upsets the principal once to often with his ever inventive but wild extra-curricular ideas and gets expelled! Add to this the relationship he creates with one female tutor (the lovely Olivia Williams), and then a friendship with a male tutor (Bill Murray who just gets better and better as his career goes on), and you have a special movie. The fact that Max is 15 creates a barrier between him and the new (recently bereaved) love of his life. Mr. Murray, in falling for her too, creates another. Here all the ensuing emotions, tribulations, retributions, and finally solutions are played out superbly: it is often hilarious, yet heartwarming, sad, and portrayed so beautifully as to be wholly rewarding. Yes do believe the hype, because it's not hype at all, it's fact. A really great film!

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Summary: Wes Anderson's sophmore release is outstanding!
Review: In Rushmore, the character of Max Fisher dabbles in all sorts of activities and dons a red beret. He's proud to be an overachiever. Some people would mistake him for being a geek. By all accounts he does look geeky. But it's more of geek chic. He would have gotten the lonely, sexy, and intelligent Miss Cross if it weren't for his age of 15. But Max can do anything he wants to. He goes for it and achieves it. No fuss, no muss. Just calm, cool, collected smarts. Or shall I say Wes Anderson smarts. Even Scorcese acknowledges the greatness of Anderson in the March 2000 issue of Esquire. Also, make sure to rent Bottle Rocket, equally poetic and equally touching.

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Summary: First movie I ever bought
Review: I am not much of a movie-phile. I'll go months without liking anything I watch, and there are few films that I can sit through twice. Rushmore is an exception. My girlfriend saw it, thought it decent, knew I would like it. I loved it. The story, characters, images, music are all wonderful. Watch this movie! I look forward to seeing the Criterion DVD.

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Summary: This is a great movie!
Review: When I first saw this movie I rented it and I enjoyed every minute of it. I have it and it's one of my favorite movies. I thought Bill Murray did a great job of his work.

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Review: i just want to say to buy the criterion version and not the regular version. the extras are utterly magnificent. this is the way dvds should be made. ps this is my favorite movie. it will touch those of us who acknoledge that we don't fit in. believe me its a very good thing. also those who got something out of catcher in the rye.

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Summary: An infectious gem of a film.
Review: Wes Anderson has attained to something difficult, rare, and genuinely edifying in "Rushmore": the power to conduct, as if by the most effortless whim, its audience playfully about themes that we otherwise feel to be the stuff of unmitigated heartbreak -- yet without diminishing the gravity of those themes.

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Summary: "You can't buy backbone"
Review: Rushmore is one of the best movies in years. It goes well beyond being merely "quirky" or "offbeat" and manages to be wholly original and even groundbreaking. Wes Anderson established himself as one of the best new directors with Rushmore, fufilling the promise of his underrated Bottle Rocket. I think it is definitely accurate to place him on par with P.T. Anderson and Quentin Tarantino. Rushmore requires many viewings to be fully appreciated (I have seen it at least 10 times and still find new things to admire). Its influences are both literary (J.D. Salinger and F. Scott Fitzgerald)and cinematic (French New Wave, Stanley Kubrick, and Michael Mann), blended into something unique and memorable. The dialogue is the greatest, nearly every single line is hilarious. It is unfortunate that so many people don't get this movie, it is a true classic that I am thankful to have seen. The extras on the Criterion Collection DVD are very insightful and entertaining and are well worth the money.