When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the teacher. However, the situation soon gets complicated when Max's new friend becomes involved with her, setting the two pals against one another in a war for her attention.
If happiness is finding something you love to do and doing it forever, one of my somethings might just be watching this oddly uproarious little flick.
– Jay Boyar,
Orlando Sentinel,
17 Mar 2014
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There's an unshakable confidence about this coming-of-age fable that matches that of its central character, Max Fischer.
– John Hartl,
Seattle Times,
17 Mar 2014
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A quirky, sometimes hilarious and often touching comic fable.
– Jonathan Foreman,
New York Post,
17 Mar 2014
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Rushmore is an almost indefinable genre of its own. A comedy with a menacing edge? An ironic romance? Hard to call. Anderson, the director and co-writer, and Wilson, co-writer, have a vision like no one else's.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
17 Mar 2014
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Schwartzman is cautious but stubbornly optimistic, while Murray is possessed by the mania of near-despair... They make the best and most disconcerting odd couple that American movies have produced in a long while.