(1998, Dir. Wes Anderson)
In Short: Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) is the king of extracurricular activities at his prep school, Rushmore, but he is decidedly not the king of getting good grades. He befriends local steel tycoon Herman Blume (Bill Murray) and falls for first grade teacher Rosemary Cross (Olivia Williams). Their lives become entangled and increasingly complicated by a series of miscommunications. A lot happens. Max, Miss Cross, and Mr. Blume are three very different people, but they all go through similar struggles over the course of the movie's plot. It just goes to show that there are some problems that are sort of universal and plague all people indiscriminately, problems like love and loss and desperation. Anderson really allows this to shine through by showing each character's side of the story. This is Wes Anderson. Do I have to tell you I loved it? Let me just say, I loved it. Like I said in my Bottle Rocket review, each Anderson movie is my favorite for a different reason, and this one was my favorite plot-wise. So much happened for it being a relatively short movie, but none of it was superfluous. I love that all the pieces were important. I thought I was going to hate this one, but I ended up loving it a lot. 9/10 signatures on the Latin petition (numbers are meaningless at this point but I like my rating system).
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