Son of Rambow (Widescreen) PG-13

Make Believe. Not War.
Son of Rambow (Widescreen)
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  • Rated: PG-13
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 36 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: August 26, 2008
  • Originally Released: 2008
  • Label: Paramount

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 62,638
Funnier than anything in this vaguely dark comedy is the thought of [Sly] Stallone sitting through it. Full Review
Boston Phoenix
Aug 24, 2009
Rating: 7/10 -- A feel-good family flick that doesn't pander to the younger members of the equation. Full Review
ReelzChannel.com
Sep 8, 2008
4 stars out of 5 -- Here's a film about the fearlessness of youth, and the uncynical notion that today, or any day, could be the best of your life...
Uncut
Apr 1, 2008
Rating: 3/5 -- It's a mildly startling choice of subject matter, but Jennings takes for granted that even the most innocent cineastes have their sadistic side. Full Review
The Age (Australia)
Sep 5, 2008
Rating: 3/5 -- The script is not so much written as assembled, anecdote by anecdote. As a result, you never quite settle in. Full Review
Sydney Morning Herald
Sep 5, 2008
Rating: 3/4 -- Pure movie magic, served up in a pint-sized portion from the most unlikely of sources. Full Review
From the Front Row
Jul 6, 2019
Rating: 2.5/5 -- It's a fun idea, but quite awkwardly staged and, in the end, not particularly engaging. Full Review
The Australian
Sep 12, 2008

Product Description:

Writer-director Garth Jennings and producer Nick Goldsmith, who as Hammer & Tongs have made music videos for such groups as Fatboy Slim, Supergrass, Blur, and REM, follow up their 2005 film, THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, with the charming indie SON OF RAMBOW, a love letter to the movies. A success at such festivals as Toronto and Sundance, SON OF RAMBOW stars Bill Milner as Will Proudfoot, a shy, reserved young boy who is different from the other kids because his family is part of the Brethren, a religion that shuns the outside world, not allowing him to have friends at school or to watch television. While in the hallway in school one day because he can't watch an educational film in class, Will gets into a fight with Lee Carter (Will Poulter), a tough kid who gets into trouble all the time. Lee forces Will to help him make a homemade version of the Sylvester Stallone film FIRST BLOOD, but after watching the original, Will is captivated by the movie and writes his own sequel, casting himself as the son of Rambow (he misspells the name of the character). Will and Lee use their imagination and lots of grit to get the project off the ground, bonding as only blood brothers can. But soon the entire school wants to participate in the movie, including ultra-cool French exchange student Didier Revol (Jules Sitruk), jeopardizing the integrity of the production as well as Will and Lee's growing friendship. Milner and Poulter, both making their feature-film debuts, are engaging as the lead characters. Jennings sets SON OF RAMBOW in the 1980s, before cell phones, digital cameras, and YouTube changed the way people communicate. Amid a soundtrack that includes music from such seminal period bands as The Cure and Depeche Mode, the two young boys learn about family and friendship, jealousy and ego as their carefully controlled worlds threaten to implode.

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