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Summary: Superb
Review: I love this movie. I see many movies and this is one of my favorites. It's funny, profound, and beautiful. It has a great soundtrack too, I love the music in the movie. You can also easily watch it again, so I would reccomend buying it.
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Summary: One of my top 5 fav. movies!
Review: I own hundreds of movies and I have to say this is in the top 5. The first time I watched it a few years ago I didn't get it, or enjoy it. However, I saw it on Comedy Central one night and realized that I just wasn't paying attention. THIS IS AN AWESOME MOVIE! The DVD has a very good selection of extras and I think it looks and sounds great as well. Criterion almost ALWAYS do a great job.
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Summary: Herman Blume, C'est Moi
Review: With the movies I really love it usually takes a couple of viewings for me to fully grasp their complexity, the greatness. With "Rushmore", however, I walked out of the theater immediately in a daze of pleasure. It seemed as if the film revealed it self to me completely and wholly at once. What makes it so special is the dazzling juggling act of hilarity and depression--and how one is a cure for the other. The key to the film is the affecting performance by Bill Murray as millionaire Herman Blume (for which he was robbed of an Oscar.) It's as convincing and touching a portrayal of angst as you could ever see. Death haunts this movie--the death of Max's mother, of Ms. Cross' husband. And it's just lightly touched on that Herman is a Vietnam vet (and has seen his share of death), but the traumas of the 1960's and 1970's seem to permeate every frame of the movie--check out Max's plays. Herman is steeped in melancholy. It's only Max Fishcer's riotously warped vision of forgiveness and reconciliation that allows Herman to come alive again. (Notice how during the final production, set in the Vietnam war, Herman is the only member of the audience to *not* put his protective goggles on.) Some days, I wake up feeling like Blume. That's the days I need to put "Rushmore" in the VCR.
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Summary: GREAT MOVIE!!!
Review: I love this movie! I saw this movie for the first time a while ago, and then recently rented it again. It's a very dark sort of movie. It gets underneath your skin. I've heard some people call it disturbing, which I can understand, but it doesn't make the movie any less great. It makes it better if you ask me. I have also heard people say they think Jason schwartzman is annoying in it and I have to disagree with that. I think he did a great job and I don't think it would have been as good if performed by someone else. The movie has some sort of intense parts, but overall, it's a movie you don't want to pass up. Bill Murray did a great job also, just perfect. I absolutely loved the music in the movie also, I need to get the soundtrack. Rent or buy this movie soon if you havn't yet seen it!
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Summary: Quirky, eccentric comedy about teen angst
Review: In the recent avalanche of movies about teen angst in high school, Rushmore is easily the best. It doesn't cover any new ground, but it presents us with some funny and eccentric characters who carry on in a story line that becomes increasingly more hilarious and improbable. Max Fischer [Jason Schwartzman] is the nerd equivalent of a high school jock. Rather than earn letters in sports, Max gets involved in - and usually is president of - every club on the campus of the private school, Rushmore Academy. He's in everything from the bee keeper's club to the drama club, for which he also writes all the plays. Though obviously smarter than the average jock, Max shares with sports figures a tendency to let his extracurricular activities ruin his grades. Max befriends Herman Blume [Bill Murray], a wealthy benefactor of the school who believes that the rich students should be "mowed down," probably because his own sons are idiots. Since Max's father is a barber, he thinks Herman is right on. Later, Max falls for a young teacher named Rosemary [Olivia Williams]. Though Rosemary sensibly points out that it would be ridiculous to have an affair with a fifteen-year old boy, Max is persistent. He enlists the aid of Herman, who winds up having an affair with Rosemary himself. This leads to an all-out war between the two. Eventually Max gets expelled, but finds new strength in a public school. The fun element in Rushmore is the tendency of the characters, who reside in a normal setting, to react in abnormal or unexpected ways. Everyone is just a little batty, much as they were in the great comedies of the 1930s and 1940s. Yet they remain lovable. They possess traits we can often relate to. Herman may be a tycoon, but he can revert to adolescent behavior when pushed too far. Max is often defeated, but he is such a natural leader that he just moves on. Rushmore is fairly unique in that it does not follow the popular gross-out formula. This absence of bathroom humor is a nice change. If it has a theme, I think it must be that people who appear to be outsiders often find their way by interacting with others who are the same, even though there is a danger that they may kill each other in the process.
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Summary: Clever. Sincere. Thoughtful.
Review: Rushmore follows its central character, Max, through the quirky perils of his high-school experience. Creatively brilliant (yet tragically over-involved), Max is unrelenting in his pursuit of recognition and the love of an elementary school teacher at the private institution he attends. The performances by Jason Schwarzman and Bill Murray are utterly outstanding. Director Wes Anderson infuses the film with a quiet giddiness and natural grace that's rarely found in contemporary cinema. From the off-kilter dialogue all the way down to the mesmerizing Brit-pop soundtrack, Rushmore is nothing less than a delight.
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Summary: AWFUL MOVIE
Review: I was truly disappointed with "Rushmore". I had heard so many good things about this movie and about Wes Anderson. WHAT A HOAX! Bill Murray did a good job, but every time I saw Jason Schwartzman, I felt like punching him in the face. His character is a compulsive liar, a bad friend, and an arrogant jerk. How am I supposed to LIKE someone so vindictive and mean? To go from bad to worse, the movie dragged unmercifully. All I can say to Wes Anderson is: you took 93 minutes of my life from me; I want them back!
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Summary: Best teen comedy movie of all time
Review: Of course, to include it in such a genre is really an insult, but it is about a teenager and it is quite funny. But it is in no way, shape, or form a genre comedy, and in fact is more heartfelt and moving than the vast mojority of dramas. Many people have commented on the brilliant performance given by Bill Murray, but Jason Schwartzman and Olivia Williams also give nearly flawless efforts. I've heard people complain that Schwartzman is annoying and unlikeable - and certainly he is eccentric - but I'd argue that Max Fisher is a timeless example of the dynamic protaganist; he begins his year at Rushmore as an obsessed, pretentious, sexually-frustrated teen (girls aren't his *forte*), and ends up with a very different perspective on life, learning, and love. Williams couldn't be better in her ability to combine a strong intellect with vulnerability. But, of course, Murray steals the show in the long run. He is a wonderful anti-hero who ultimately just wants to be a simple, happy man, but is confronted constantly with vice and disillusionment. He is a weakling -- there is no doubt about this, but his wealth and status make his weakness complicated and endearing. The music in this movie, and all of Anderson's movies, is as crucial an element as any other. Try imagining Max walking out of the hotel room, having just assaulted Bill Murray with a swarm of bees, with John Williams music playing in the background. Or Max dancing with Olivia Williams with Glenn Miller as the music. It woulndn't work. Both the selected and composed music in Rushmore contribute perfectly throughout.
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Summary: Entertaining and Brilliant
Review: Rushmore is an exquisite piece of film, full or rich and subtle detail, humor, and insights into the human heart. Anderson has a keen eye, and the tableaux he provides for the viewer are inspired. From the quirky Victoriana of Rushmore Academy, to the working-class grit of the Fischer household, Anderson's camerawork delights the eye. Jason Schwartzman, who plays the protaganist Max Fischer, turns in an excellent performance. Bill Murray and Olivia Williams are also great to watch, and the trio has an irresistable chemistry. The kid who plays Dirk Calloway, Max's sharp but morose chapel partner, is absolutely hysterical. Rushmore is a very clever coming-of-age story, and the beautiful blending of story, character developement, images, actors' performances, and music make it one of those movies that remind you why you fell in love with cinema. Anderson and Owen are true masters of their medium, and their other works Bottle Rocket and The Royal Tenembaums are also must-sees. The Criterion Collection DVD is fantastic, with many great features. The Criterion Rushmore is an excellent addition to any film lover's collection.
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Summary: ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVES
Review: THIS WAS A GOOD FLICK. I FIRST SAW IT ON STARZ LATE AT NIGHT ONE NIGHT. IT STARTS OFF DUMB BUT ENDED WITH A DOUBLE WHAMMY BANG. SEE THIS MOVIE. MAX FISCHER GENIOUS FOREVER
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