Director — 17 Jun 2008

Not bad, but Wes Anderson has really improved over the years.

This review of Bottle Rocket (1996) was written by Jaime-Actor/Screenwriter/Director on 17 Jun 2008.

Bottle Rocket has generally received positive reviews.

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Gave this one a re-watch via the Criterion Blu-ray and I have to say that I loved it every bit as much as I did with that first watch years…

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I don't understand the hype about this at all. I love clever, witty comedies but this reeked of low budget, college semester project movie…

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