Review of Bottle Rocket (1996) by Domenick F — 24 Dec 2008

Kinda stupid and was very short...it was just alright...funny sometimes and just seemed to be going nowhere...

This review of Bottle Rocket (1996) was written by Domenick F on 24 Dec 2008.

Bottle Rocket has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

Bottle Rocket (1996) Movie Reviews (666)
Bottle Rocket (1996) Critic Reviews (39)
Bottle Rocket (1996) User Reviews (627)

More Reviews of Bottle Rocket

Review of Bottle Rocket (1996)

By David Hunter (72) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 21 Feb 2018

A marvelous debut film for its director, writer and lead actors, Bottle Rocket is propelled by a fresh approach to the caper genre, with a…

Read Review

Review of Bottle Rocket (1996)

By Amanda C (916) on 08 Aug 2014

Less stylish than later Wes Anderson films and a bit more energetic, Bottle Rocket is still full of his off beat sense of humour and strangeness…

Read Review

Review of Bottle Rocket (1996)

By Trevor W (293) on 29 Jul 2015

A simplistic and charming tale about wannabe burglars…

Read Review

Review of Bottle Rocket (1996)

By Adam R (2,773) on 29 Jul 2014

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…

Read Review

Review of Bottle Rocket (1996)

By Mic M (28) on 03 Apr 2015

This charismatic directorial debut from Wes Andersen lays the groundwork for the style that would become his trademark…

Read Review

Review of Bottle Rocket (1996)

By Kleinfelter38 (2) on 10 Oct 2022

An absolute classic. It's one of the films in the Criterion Collection and it surely deserves to be…

Read Review

Review of Bottle Rocket (1996)

By Brett C (553) on 16 Nov 2014

Review In A Nutshell: A person's debut film does not always expose the pure visionaries of an artist, but it displays enough for the audience…

Read Review

Review of Bottle Rocket (1996)

By Ahmedaiman1999 (142) on 27 Apr 2021

In all honesty, the plot is awfully muddled I couldn't even figure out what it is about, and it keeps going off at a tangent frequently with…

Read Review

Review of Bottle Rocket (1996)

By Giovanni M (788) on 29 Dec 2014

Anderson's debut is smart, funny, and genuinely sweet. The Wilson brothers have a lot of chemistry as Owen Wilson's Dignan steals the entire movie…

Read Review

Review of Bottle Rocket (1996)

By The3Academysins (492) on 19 Jul 2018

Bottle Rocket is a great look at proto-Wes Anderson, and you'll see a lot of his techniques that became his trademark…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Dante's Peak (1997)

By Pecce (2) on 06 Sep 2013

The movie has many flaws in logic for a disaster movie…

Read Review

Review of Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)

By Cancelled U (744) on 25 May 2008

1/2 saw it didn't like it & would never see again 1=would see it again if there was nothing else to do 3=liked 4-5=loved and then some…

Read Review

Review of Anger Management (2003)

By Miketheecowboy (3) on 11 Mar 2013

The worst movie I have seen…

Read Review

Review of Dancer in the Dark (2000)

By D00Mm4R1N3 (3) on 15 Oct 2017

Dancer in the Dark starts out fine enough with song and story then quicly disintegrates into your typical Euro-trash dark drama…

Read Review

Review of Citizen Kane (1941)

By Didloswaggins (3) on 04 Nov 2017

Tis moive as e bed move dont subcribe tow ats yutube chanle gol wat teh mincrif miove ensted oar teh fnaf mvie…

Read Review

Review of Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

By Sherrie S (7) on 15 Dec 2016

Horribly tedious. Couldn't wait to get out of the theater. Some plays are better left as plays…

Read Review

Review of Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)

By Aidan H (393) on 07 Aug 2010

This wooden tale of three girls' heroic walk across the outback fails due to the ineptitude of its child actors and a lack of perspective…

Read Review

Review of The Italian Job (2003)

By Tylyndah (88) on 02 May 2020

Great movie lots of excitement and suspense. I've seen it a few times…

Read Review

Review of Coming to America (1988)

By Jch29 (1) on 05 Mar 2021

Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad…

Read Review

Review of Super Mario Bros. (1993)

By Senpaiexe (2) on 04 Oct 2021

This movie is like a fanfiction made by a boomer that doesn't know anything about Mario whatsoever…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

2023

79%186 Reviews

Deadpool

2016

78%1,333 Reviews

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015

83%1,378 Reviews

Joker

2019

81%299 Reviews

The Judge

2014

67%866 Reviews

Split

2017

71%1,218 Reviews

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

69%660 Reviews

Logan

2017

82%1,785 Reviews

The Platform

2019

70%94 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Bottle Rocket

1996

73%666 Reviews

Winter Sleep

2014

82%133 Reviews

Just Married

2003

49%520 Reviews

The Polar Express

2004

65%878 Reviews

Diary

2011

0%1 Review

Dear White People

2014

61%661 Reviews

Half Nelson

1985

77%625 Reviews

Mohawk

2018

51%53 Reviews

Walkabout

1971

80%347 Reviews

Good Burger

1997

59%587 Reviews