Son of Rambow
Make Believe. Not War.
Make Believe. Not War.
Comedy
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2007
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Will is looking for an escape from his family when he encounters Lee, the school bully. Armed with a video camera and a copy of Rambo, Lee plans to make his own action-packed video epic.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
96 min
Release date:
22 Jan 2007
Country:
FR, DE, GB, US
Languages:
English, French
Budget:
$4,913,400
Revenue:
$10,871,449
Awards:
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award3 wins & 10 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
These two boys have, along with writer-director Garth Jennings, turned a coming-of-age story into a treatise on both the fragility of artistic vision and the danger of popular opinion.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
16 May 2008
fresh:
Son of Rambow is an inventive and amusing coming-of-age movie that deftly entwines elements of farce and fantasy, rebelliousness and sentiment, while paying seriously funny tribute to the transcendent power of art.
– Joe Leydon,
Houston Chronicle,
16 May 2008
fresh:
With apologies to Mr. Stallone, no one would ever argue First Blood was an essential part of any healthy childhood. But the ability to make-believe certainly is.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2008
fresh:
We cringe and laugh at -- and are ultimately moved by -- their clumsiness and innocence. And it endears us to the Rambo films in ways we never could have anticipated.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
16 May 2008
fresh:
Jennings is clearly having a wonderful time recreating the fantasies of his youth, but sometimes his perspective get a little too inbred, and the picture suffers for it.
– Jonathan F. Richards,
Film.com,
30 May 2008