Review of Bottle Rocket (1996) by Toad T — 19 Mar 2013

Entertaining story and lots of good characters.

This review of Bottle Rocket (1996) was written by Toad T on 19 Mar 2013.

Bottle Rocket has generally received positive reviews.

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