Rushmore

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Rushmore

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Released Feb 5, 1999

1h 33m

Comedy

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When a beautiful first-grade teacher (Olivia Williams) arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max (Jason Schwartzman), who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father (Bill Murray) of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the teacher. However, the situation soon gets complicated when Max's new friend becomes involved with her, setting the two pals against one another in a war for her attention.

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Critics Consensus

This cult favorite is a quirky coming of age story, with fine, off-kilter performances from Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray.

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Anthony Lane

The New Yorker

Schwartzman is cautious but stubbornly optimistic, while Murray is possessed by the mania of near-despair... They make the best and most disconcerting odd couple that American movies have produced in a long while.

Mar 17, 2014

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

Rushmore is an almost indefinable genre of its own. A comedy with a menacing edge? An ironic romance? Hard to call. Anderson, the director and co-writer, and Wilson, co-writer, have a vision like no one else's.

Mar 17, 2014

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Jonathan Foreman

New York Post

A quirky, sometimes hilarious and often touching comic fable.

Mar 17, 2014

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Wesley Lovell

Cinema Sight

Rushmore” is an interesting movie that will appeal to a very small audience, but will nonetheless impress.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 4, 2023

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...a consistently watchable yet thoroughly erratic endeavor that fares best in its briskly-paced and tremendously entertaining first half...

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 12, 2023

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Cory Woodroof

For the Win (USA Today)

It’s a bittersweet tale about growing up, anchored by sensational turns from the cast and a pitch-perfect script.

Jun 28, 2023

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Miguel T

An interesting film to analyze Wes evolution as a filmaker, especially refering to his visual style. Wes doesnt use a filter to reduce his palette to essentialy 3 colors (as I believe he does now), but he makes a normal film, and adds color with colorful outfits, decorates... You can also appreciate his usual camera work, such as travellings. The premise is great, but the execution is in my opinion weak. Because, the film fastly get ride of it, and starts talking about other things im not as much interested. The main 2 characters,the teacher and our protagonist, and their relationship, is facinating, but the film is not really about that in the end.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/25

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Alexis C

It would be good if it wasn't for the slight pedophilic angle and the constant presentation of the women as objects for the men.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/10/24

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Mason M

I think that Rushmore is definitely Wes Anderson's best. Rushmore was the first R rated movie I had ever watched alone and it is a perfect movie, especially for a teenager. This film really resonated with me when I first saw it as a teenager and it has stuck with me. This is definitely Robert Yeoman's (the cinematographer) best work, it perfectly fills the 2.35:1 aspect and makes every shot have a purpose. Jason Schwartzman delivers one of my favorite performances of all time, even though it was his first role. Rushmore stands out in Anderson's filmography because it has a sort of emotional honesty that most films don't, the characters are flawed, they all do bad things to each other but they grow, they remain ashamed of what they've done but they grow. I would like to think that Anderson was a variation on Max Fischer at some point because this movie has a sense of emotion that can only be found from personal experience.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/07/24

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Alan g

Sick and twisted. A teacher involved with a student? No wonder we have so many of these illegal relationships. And a dirty old man to complete the triangle. Unfunny.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/12/24

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Antonio E

Minuto 25:37 : 😳😳😳

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/17/24

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Nevin C

Wes’s best. His dry humor dialogue worked so great in a not so make believe setting.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/25/24

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Synopsis

When a beautiful first-grade teacher (Olivia Williams) arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max (Jason Schwartzman), who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father (Bill Murray) of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the teacher. However, the situation soon gets complicated when Max's new friend becomes involved with her, setting the two pals against one another in a war for her attention.

Director: Wes Anderson
Producer: Barry Mendel, Paul Schiff
Screenwriter: Owen Wilson, Wes Anderson
Distributor: Touchstone Pictures
Production Co: Touchstone Pictures, American Empirical Pictures
Rating: R (Language|Brief Nudity)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 5, 1999, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 30, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $17.1M
Runtime: 1h 33m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, SDDS, DTS-ES, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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