Review of Rushmore (1998) by Brendan C — 27 Mar 2013

Rushmore is a really interesting Wes Anderson film. It is very quirky, funny, and silly at times. Wes Anderson is one of those directors who has a completely original, and unique style, which makes him one of the best. His style is very quirky, weird, and the kids are like adults in his films. He always has a lot of interesting music in his films, that really adds to the film, and the entertainment of it. Wes Anderson always writes his screenplays too. He wrote this with Owen Wilson, and it is a really well written one. He has never directed a movie that he didn't write or co write, which is good because that means the film is his vision entirely when it comes out in the end. This was his second film. It came after his 1996 hit Bottle Rocket, which he did two years earlier.

I have only seen a few Wes Anderson films, but I have seen enough and read enough to notice that he is one of these guys in Hollywood who works with the same people, so all of his films have a similar feel. The Wilson brothers are always involved in his film. He co-wrote this with Owen Wilson, and Luke Wilson made a quick appearance in this. He teds t have Bill Murray in his films a lot. Bill Murray played Mr. Blume in this film, and he stared as Steve Zissou in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Bill Murray also did the voice of Badger in Fantastic Mr. Fox. My favorite directors write their own stuff, and they have the same actors in their films. I have only seen about 3 or 4 of his films, but he is becoming one of my favorite directors.

It starts off with an interesting intro. It starts off in math class, and the teacher puts up "The hardest geometry problem in the world," and he says that whoever gets it won't have to open another math textbook again. Max Fischer (Jason Schartzman) stands up and does it in seconds, and got it right. Max is like a grown adult, which a lot of kids in Wes Anderson films are. He is also very eccentric, and is nothing like any other kid at Rushmore. Rushmore is the private high school he goes too. He is really proud to go there, and he only wears his school uniform because of it. He does the most extracurricular stuff, but the least scholarly stuff at that school.

Herman Blume (Bill Murray) comes to admire him, but they both starts to fight each other for the love of the widowed Ms. Rosemary Cross (Olivia Williams). AT first it is only Max who loves her, but she won't go with him of course because he is a student. Eventually she starts an affair with Mr. Blame, which starts the fighting with max. Bill runs over Max's bike, and Max cuts his brakes on his car.

Max gets expelled from Rushmore because he tried to make an aquarium for the school. He doesn't care at all for his grades, and he only wants to do extracurricular things. I think it is because he is a genius and he gets bored with school because he is above the schoolwork. Max is an interesting character. His secret to life is find out what you love and do it for the rest of your life. What he loves is going to Rushmore. So if he didn't get expelled he would have probably spent his whole life doing extra curricular things for the school. He truly is delusional, and not in the right place mentally. He is a genius, but not very smart.

Part of the extra curricular activities that he does is putting on really high production plays. He writes them, and directs them. He made a play about a war that reminded me of films like Platoon, or Apocalypse Now. He is really talented, and the fact that he can do the stuff that he does is incredible. He is a fascinating character, and a typical kid that you would see in a Wes Anderson film.

This film was so creative and witty. I loved it, and everything about the style that Wes Anderson brought into it. Weather it was the soundtrack, the personalities and skills of the people, or just the plot. It is a brilliant film that is definitely worth watching again.