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Summary: Great Film
Review: This is the kind of film that will most likely be a hit or miss with people. People who enjoy typical Hollywood movies probably will not like this film.
Certainly one has to be accustomed to some of the odd subtle humour. However, even asides from that, this movie has a lot to offer. The movie has many underlying themes, such as the cost of friendship, and living ones dreams.Coupled with an excellent storyline, the characterizations are excellent. Particularly Owen Willson who plays a determined aspiring thief, which you learn the cause later on. I can go on about this movie, but I dont want to spoil any of it. Just get this movie and watch it. One of my all time favs.
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Summary: Hugely Overrated
Review: I honestly don't see where people find this film to be all that great. It is amusing, I chuckled a few times, but most of it is fairly dull. The funniest stuff is at the end, during the warehouse heist, but that's like 10 minutes. What is the point of the love story in the middle of all this?
But then again, I didn't think that Rushmore or the Royal Tenenbaums were all that great, either, so maybe I just don't get Wes Anderson as a director.
Owen Wilson is likeable enough, but he can't carry a whole movie.
Nice try, but very average all in all.
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Summary: Dignan is the greatest
Review: Bottle Rocket has to be the best movie I have ever seen. Every aspect of each scene seems so basic, but every time you watch it you see how much genius goes in to every line. Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson are the two best writers in the nation right now.
People say that movies like Scarface or Caddyshack have the best lines, but after seeing Bottle Rocket, I think this is the new king of great lines. "Bob-Watch the road." "On the run from Jonny Law-Ain't no trip to Cleveland" "Look at his guy Clay-He look's like a big banana!" Buy this movie...Now!!
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Summary: It's okay
Review: My favourite character in this movie is the punjabi old guy who also played Gene Hackman's servant in the Royal Tenenbaums, he's funny stuff! This movie has it's good laughs but it has some weird moments and I don't really know how to define it well. It seemed some parts were waaaaaaaaaay too dragged on while other parts(such as the ROBBERY itself) could have been viewed by the audience alot longer. You should see this one atleast once!
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Summary: A Clever Comedy!
Review: Anthony Adams (Luke Wilson) is about to be released from a voluntary mental hospital, but the perpetual plotting Dignan (Owen Wilson) is there ready for Anthony's "escape". On their way home on a Greyhound bus, Dignan lays out their criminal plan for the next 70 years and what they need to do to obtain their goals within this time. They set out to accomplish these goals with the help of Bob Mapplethorpe (Robert Musgrave) whose car they need, and they equip themselves with guns. However, as the story unfolds, their dreams and visions are set into action in a most feeble manner, and it seems like their ability to dream is grander than what they can accomplish. Bottle Rocket is a funny and clever film with a superb script that enhances the cinematic experience that leaves the audience with brilliant dialogues and several notions to reflect on.
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Summary: My Favorite Moive EVER!
Review: This is just about the funninest movie I think I have seen. Dry humor, but still about the best thing to come this excellent director. Watching this movie in the theater I was very worried this movie would turn sour and violent in the end, it suprised me and was excellent
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Summary: Better with each viewing!
Review: I would never bash on anybody who doesn't like this movie. With its simple plot and subtle and sometimes absurd humor, it's not for everyone. This is one of those great pieces of art that serves double duty as a filter - people who like this movie generally cannot talk highly enough about it, and those that don't can't stand it.
I think I appreciate it for what it attempts to do as much as what it accomplishes. I love the fact that Bottle Rocket is, at heart, a love story - the love between two friends and the love between a man and a woman. The characters in this film are outsiders and through the love they find for each other, they also find acceptance. All of this is pretty highbrow, but if you want laughs you can't beat the botched robery attempts and bungling characters. If you like Owen or Luke Wilson (even just a little bit), you will see the birth of their distinct acting methods and odd deliveries in this movie - and because it's as fresh to them as it is to us, it's all the more pure and funny. One of my all time favorites - it gets better each time I see it!
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Summary: Ya'll missed the point
Review: For the previous reviewers, all I can say is you completely missed the point. I apologize if subtle, sarcastic humor is beyond you, but that's no reason to bash the movie. Maybe if you will take the time to watch the movie more than one time you may begin to expand your sense of humor and truly understand the genius of this movie. Bottle Rocket is one of the best movies of all time!!
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Summary: Oh, to be rich and bored in Wes Anderson's world...
Review: The film gets 3.5 stars, the DVD 2. (Hey Wes, no commentary? You knew we'd be scrambling for Bottle Rocket once Rusmore was released...) This film is like a Wes Anderson dress rehersal. It has the same off-beat characterization, unique camera work, and moments of hilarity. But it's clearly Anderson's vision in the incubation stage--the film left me wanting, like watching a short that was unnaturally stretched to feature length. Owen Wilson plays Digan wonderfully, the man just not smart enough to become a master criminal. In fact, his entire view of the world is so contrived once senses that he was inspired to a life of crime by watching an A&E special. His sidekicks are equally clueless, but lack Dignan's near-insane commitment to a life of crime. The narrative however is weakned by the love story, however charming and sweet. Luke Wilson's character--somewhat indecisive and melancholy to begin with--suddenly comes across like your typical schnook from a John Hughes movie. The strength of the movie lies in the Big Caper and all the planning (and botches) that precede it. James Caan was brilliant as the local boss and would-be kingpin, who tries to give the boys from Plano a little taste of reality. It reminds me a lot of another very funny, young Texan road flick: Fandango. But unlike this Kevin Costner predecessor, Bottle Rocket tends to wander, and lacks a lot of genuine emotion. Overall, it's a respectable debut film and is interesting to see the earlier fruits of Wes Andersons's creativity. As far as 1990s indie films go, you could do much worse... I recommend renting it first and watching it more than once before buying.
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Summary: No collection would be incomplete without this film
Review: I bought this movie after seeing the many 5-star reviews, but unfortunately it stinks. Badly. Perhaps the disparity can be explained by a difference in taste. In that case I hope to save some of you more discerning readers from making the same mistake. Sometimes a film is enjoyable despite an objective lack of merit. Often this can be explained by the subjective state of the viewer. A film that is funny after two beers may not be funny to someone who is sober. I'd like to say that Bottle Rocket would be entertaining after a beer or two. It is not. In fact, Bottle Rocket would not be entertaining after an intravenous injection of several barrels of beer combined with a nitrous oxide mask. The only redeeming parts of this movie are a romantic subplot where the guy may or may not have gotten the girl--you'll never know--and twenty seconds of James Caan being a tough guy as only he can (and even then, the writing was not up to his acting.) Otherwise this is a plot-free wander through the cinematic equivalent of paint drying while spelunking in all the depth of a dog's bone-hole in the backyard. I'd forgive all if there were a few laughs, but I found none. Give it a miss; you'll never be sorry.
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