Review of Son of Rambow (2007) by Dawdlingpoet — 22 Nov 2021

I thought the movie showed the imagination of young children well. You could tell that the two boys were bored with their pretty strict (family and school wise) surroundings.

Family life is pretty rotten for them and I think they are really quite lonely, though they don't admit it.

It is quite a funny movie in parts, some of the stuff the boys do while filming the video, lets just say they do get carried away with one particular scene involving a a teacher getting rudely interupted that sticks in mind. There's a fair amount of 80s nostalgia present in the movie too, with a disco taking place at one stage in the movie.

I thought the boys gave great performances as William and Lee, I certainly felt sorry for William and I laughed alongside them too. In the end though, the movie becomes quite moving and you really feel for the characters.

I think there is an underlying message about rising above bullies and such things not being as they first seem or that people would like them to be, which I guess is a good message or a realistic message to give out to teenagers who see the movie but most of all I think its probably a movie that most people can relate to in one way or another, it might lead you to reminiscing about your childhood, the school friends you had and the ideas you had and what you got up to etc.

On the negative side, some may feel that the ending is perhaps a bit unlikely but really otherwise, I thought that it seemed quite believable and that its a good quality British cult movie.

Yes, I'd recommend this movie as I thought it was a good sentimental movie with both funny and touching moments. As I've already said, this is a movie that most people should be able to relate to and if your looking for some nostalgia from the early 1980s, you get a bit of that too. Its not majorly laugh out loud material but its worth seeing all the same, as a movie that may make you think back to your own past childhood friendships and the happy times you may well have had when your imagination knew no bounds. The acting is good and the story is interesting, this is a good movie worth seeing.