Rushmore

I love this movie because it effectively creates its own world, both ridiculous and yet remarkably faithful to human behavior. It's funny, brilliant and touching, I could watch it 100 times in a row and not get sick of it.

Funny, clever and charming. Rushmore is really enjoyable, everything about the film is colourful and imaginative.

If we all had been living in Anderson universe, life would have been more fullfiling. Scale shifts in the movie are flawless, cast is well-cast and performances are ambitious. Only problem might be in the tone as the movie becomes more down to earth at the end. Still it is a deliberate choice. Rushmore acts as a caricaturization lens that doesn't filter out the details. Max Fischer is another breed of a character, not the usual inverted genius. Trademark for the Am. Indep. Cinema.

Seeing this again only serves to solidify my appreciation for what Wes Anderson does so well--take lonely and self-absorbed characters, and through their trials and our laughter, bring them to a place where they begin to see something of the world outside their own concerns. Rushmore is one of his best films in this regard.

A hilarious comedy that's quite intelligent without ever being smug about it. Murray and Schwartzman are absolute gold.