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By Robert Davis (91) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 08 Jun 2008

The boys' video project is modern enough to stand in contrast to the brick and tweed of the locale, but rather than glossing over that uncomfortable…

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By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 05 Jun 2008

an uneven film, but a special one that earns its ahs…

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By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 04 Jun 2008

If you, too, are a son of Rambow, or are from the era of The Lone Ranger or even the Power Rangers, this movie calls to you…

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By Austin Kennedy (419) for Sin Magazine (286) on 03 Jun 2008

SON OF RAMBOW is full of ideas and imagination, but I think Jennings buries himself with all of his ambition…

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By Ken Hanke (2,234) for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (2,247) on 02 Jun 2008

Jennings has crafted a work that beautifully -- and humorously -- evokes childhood and the impact of movies on children…

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By Michael Dance (46) for The Cinema Source (46) on 02 Jun 2008

A number of young boys attended the screening I went to, and none of them seemed to be quite sure when they were supposed to laugh…

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By Jonathan F. Richards (111) for Film.com (1,892) on 29 May 2008

Jennings is clearly having a wonderful time recreating the fantasies of his youth, but sometimes his perspective get a little too inbred, and…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 27 May 2008

The word is that even Sly Stallone gave this film a blessing, marking one of the few times that the guy involved with the likes of Judge Dredd…

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By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 22 May 2008

An endearing, well-acted trifle with lovely intentions…

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By Daniel M. Kimmel (1,403) for Worcester Telegram & Gazette (604) on 22 May 2008

It serves as both a coming of age film and a love letter to the power of movies…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for SSG Syndicate (1,551) on 19 May 2008

It's subversively eccentric and poignant but lacks the punch that fully fleshed-out characters and a more cohesive story could deliver…

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By Beth Accomando (509) for KPBS.org (509) on 18 May 2008

Son of Rambow conveys the passion and imagination of these kids... But what the film also does is to place their fantasies in a very real context…

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By Rene Rodriguez (1,781) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 15 May 2008

The film is filled with scenes about scrappy, cut-and-paste filmmaking, and the movie-within-a-movie that drives the plot also ends up as the…

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By Joe Leydon (915) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 15 May 2008

Son of Rambow is an inventive and amusing coming-of-age movie that deftly entwines elements of farce and fantasy, rebelliousness and sentiment,…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 15 May 2008

These two boys have, along with writer-director Garth Jennings, turned a coming-of-age story into a treatise on both the fragility of artistic…

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By Kimberley Jones (866) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 15 May 2008

Funny and sweet and guaranteed to flood you with good feeling…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 15 May 2008

A gentle story that involves a great deal of violence, but mostly the violence is muted and dreamy, like a confrontation with a fearsome scarecrow…

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By Michael Sragow (1,413) for Baltimore Sun (1,823) on 15 May 2008

For much of its frolicsome, rambling running-time, Son of Rambow is like a guarana-spiked soft drink: It goes down easy and delivers a kick…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Orlando Sentinel (1,594) on 13 May 2008

Sweet and sentimental, a bit racy to be a kids' film, a bit tame as grown-up entertainment, Son of Rambow is still a magical romp about childhood…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for Film.com (1,892) on 12 May 2008

Son of Rambow is filled with small surprises and treasures, a veritable bounty of delight…

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