Review of Rushmore (1998) by Andrew M — 31 May 2011

Goddamnit, Rushmore Rules! Unflinchingly Wes' best. A prà (C)cis of what this movie accomplished would include a first-rate OST (tantamount to the "Almost Famous" effort), adroit and varied shooting techniques, and a pristinely-cast love story.

Anderson masterly forces each character, esp. Schwartzman and Murray, to showcase their original idiosyncrasies that have compelled viewers to fall in love with them hitherto. Undyingly witty, LOL hilarious, and brimming with funnily cartoonish roles that resonate, i.

E. Murray's twins and the Scottish gorilla. With insurmountable help from the OST, Wes delivers a disparately cultured youngster ready to test his heart on a more intimate, humane level. His pipsqueak character can be described fully his own quote, "I guess you've just gotta find something you love to do and then.

.. do it for the rest of your life." Though he learns months later that just because an affinity may be a strong one, this does not mean it's love. Capital development by all key roles as they each fail, sulk, rebound, epiphanize, and locate the pith of life: happiness.

Yes, it's a cliche happy-ending, but the feel-good butterflies are justified by the previous 90 miraculous minutes unlike anything we've seen. Anderson constructs a high-rise bar, a platform, of dramedy that filmmakers (the good and bad) have been attempting to emulate, but fail to trump since its release.

Closing sequence is beautiful.