This is Anderson at his best. It was easily the best 'indie comedy' of the late 90's and it really established both Anderson and Schwartzman and it also gave Bill Murray's carrier a kick up the arse too. It surprises me how many people seem to have missed this gem of a film. Bril...( read more)
Jason Schwartzman, Olivia Williams, Bill Murray
"Rushmore" chronicles a year in the life of Max Fischer, a student at Rushmore Academy, one of the finest schools in the country. Max loves his prestigious school. He is the editor of the newspaper an...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 29, 1999
Stats: 8,987 reviews
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September 2, 2009
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September 1, 2009
"She was my Rushmore"
The king of Rushmore prep school is put on academic probation.REVIEW
Hilarious comedy a la `Ferris Bueller's Day Off' as written by John Cheever: enterprising young Schwa...( read more) -
August 18, 2009
Quirky off-beat take on teen angst that seems to get better with time. I like this one a lot more now than when I first saw it ten years ago (that may say more about me than it does about Rushmore).
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June 26, 2009
most importantly an excellent script and good acting from jason schwartzman. wickedly funny. a must see!
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April 3, 2009
this is the sort of film that i grow fonder of over time. its the little nuances that do it for me, things you dont notice the first time around but are quirky and hilarious the more you think about them. overall great comedy.
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November 13, 2009
Beautiful people in this movie, great theme and suprise... the only dvd movie i own.
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November 10, 2009
Hillarious! Wes's great start (not including Bottle Rockets which I have yet to watch).
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November 2, 2009
Wish I hadn't waited so long to see such a great film. Wes Anderson is fast becoming one of my fave directors. (A young) Jason Schwartzman plays the title role brilliantly
Critic Reviews
One of the most original, good-hearted comedies in a long time, Rushmore is the sort of movie where the strangest sequences of discords somehow keep managing to reach giddily improbable resolutions. full review
To call Rushmore a romantic triangle about clinical depressives doesn't allow for the film's bracing humanism. full review
[Rushmore is] structured like a comedy, but there are undertones of darker themes, and I almost wish they'd allowed the plot to lead them into those shadows. full review
There's a sweet humanity about the picture, though it's anything but sentimental. It's odd, definitely odd. full review
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