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Summary: Nothing quite like this Great Little Movie
Review: Well, there would not be 83 reviews of this movie that you have never seen before if it were not something that touched all its reviewers. Of course, all those that had their start in this movie have now gone on to further fame, but if anyone of them makes a movie as charming and funny as this, they will indeed be successes. Absolutely low key and one that all true movie lovers will remember. Join the club of those who rave about this wonderful flick. One of my 10 favorites of the decade, and I know I am not alone.
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Summary: a charming story about, friendship, determination and love
Review: I first saw "Bottle Rocket" on the independant film channel while in New York. It was about three o'clock in the morning and I couldn't sleep. I flipped on the telly and looked for the closest thing to interesting on. It just so happened that "Bottle Rocket" was the first thing to catch my eye, so "Bottle Rocket" it was. Once back home, I couldn't stop telling everyone about this charming little flick I had seen. After I had begun to annoy myself with telling the plot over and over again, I decided that it was probably smart to buy the thing and get it over with. It was a choice well made."Bottle Rocket" is one of those movies that can take place anywhere, any time and with any slew of characters. It's simple. I guess that's why I like it. The appealingness of it all isn't really the fact that it was psycologically stimulating but that you can relate to each and every one of the characters. Beyond the mental instabilaty of Dignan or the obsessiveness of Anthony you begin to see three friends, each with many flaws, trying to make it in the harsh real world. I suppose that's the only way to describe "Bottle Rocket"...Real. I found the lack of special effects and expensive stuff made the movie better. You focused more on the lines and the plot, rather than the great car and two billion dollar explosion that just errupted. Think of it as cinimatic cleansing. It's a great story about getting out there and getting dirty. Doing what humans do best....living life. "We're gonna rob a bookstore, we gotta wear tape on our noses...it's kind of implied." -Owen Wilson (Dignan)
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Summary: thank you owen
Review: The guy who saved Shanghai Noon WROTE Rushmore? To the newly inducted to the World of Owen Wilson, puh-leese rent this movie and discover why those movies are so good. And keep your finger on the pause button in the first scene and READ THE NOTEBOOK! It's worth the cost of admission alone. This is Owen before he started working out (literally): raw, laying on the ground, yelling off hotel balconies, partying with Mexicans, getting beat up by Mexicans, shooting off firecrackers (towards Mexico?), and trying to get everyone to get on the Owen train. Got me on it!
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Summary: my name's Digan--so what?
Review: It's always amazing how caught up with their superioriy some people can get when reviewing movies. Bottle Rocket as a movie is top notch. There really is no question here. I can't explain in 1000 words or less why this is, but it's true. This is the type of movie that will get lots of 5 star ratings and a lot of 1 stars, claiming that it's too "heavy" or "deep." who cares, I say. It's movies like bottle rocket that make me and a lot of others, I am ame sure, want to go write a movie to be made. It's true, this is about you and me and mr. henry. I guess this is to say, don't listen to strangers who write hugely 'in-touch' reviews, because, quite frankly, this movie it not meant to be pondered over, but simply enjoyed. oh, by the way, the DVD version is good, but does NOT have any extras, unless of course you're like me and think it's funny to watch some of the scenes in different languages.
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Summary: good, amusing but not five stars...
Review: After reading all the glowing reviews here on Bottle Rocket I decided to check it out. I'm glad I rented rather than purchased it because while it does have its amusing parts (often nicely understated and in the background), it is not one I'm likely to see again. It didn't seem as funny or as quirky to me as many of the other reviewers seemed to think (yes, I do watch non-mainstream movies and think I got the jokes/lines in this one). I thought Rushmore was a better movie in the line of dark, quirky movies (though still not 5 stars either). That being said, there *were* some funny lines in the movie, an interesting house, and of course Lumi Cavazos can do no wrong (as the motel housekeeper -- she also played Tita in Like Water for Chocolate). So... I'd put it in the "worth watching if you see a lot of movies" category, but not one for the library..
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Summary: Who's That Man?
Review: My roommates raved about this movie and I begrudgingly watched it. The first time through it started out slow but by the second time through I felt it might be the funniest movie I have ever seen. You can not help but fall in love with these characters. This movie is comic genius. An absolute cult classic. The innocence of Dignan, the honesty of Anthony, the naiveness of Bob and the other characters including Kumar are perfectly blended. This is a great movie for a few guys to sit around a 61" TV and bond. Not a real ladies movie.
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Summary: Dignan Lives!
Review: It's a shame that more people haven't seen this movie. I bring it up in conversation all the time and people think I'm being willfully obscure, a cineaste snob. Which might be true, but this movie is too much fun to ignore. As the other reviewers have commented, Dignan is one of the great characters in American movie history. Yeah, I know, that sounds a little grand, but Dignan stays in your mind for a long time. As with the equally brilliant Rushmore, Bottle Rocket is in some ways a very sad movie, even though it keeps you laughing the whole way through. If you're even remotely interested in screenwriting, this is a dangerous movie to watch. Anderson and Wilson create a beautiful, entertaining story while managing to disregard almost all of the Syd Field/ Robert McKee rules. Then again, when did Syd Field or Robert McKee ever write a movie this good? Idiosyncratic and lyrical, people will still be watching Bottle Rocket in fifty years.
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Summary: Forced to watch a cult classic....
Review: OK - I went into watching this movie with dread as I was being forced to watch it by my three eccentric friends with whom I ussually have very little in common with in terms of artistic choice. However, this movie was beyond and above that and was so gripping in the simplicity of its tale that I couldn't help but smile, laugh and cry in amusement as the story unfolds. There are so many lines that are now standard in the conversations between my friends and I, perhaps the favorite being, "Kumar's lost it!" If you're going to take a chance on any movie this year, let it be this one, and watch it a couple of times - you'll like it, I assure you.
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Summary: great duo
Review: I basically agree with all the very positive reviews. Everyone talks about how great a character Dignan is and how funny Owen Wilson is which I also agree with. But I just wanted to add that Luke Wilson is also very good and funny, and I think it is the two characters together that really make the film great. I related to Anthony as he went along with Dignan because who could have the heart not to?
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Summary: and my name's Dignan man, so what?
Review: Excellent movie for dry humor. Great for watching 'with the guys'
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