Rushmore Review: ★ 4 Quality & ☺3½ Rewatchability (727 Ratings)

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Rushmore 1998

Wes Anderson

Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams, Seymour Cassel, Brian Cox

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Aaron Jones 11 months ago

Possibly the best-written Wes Anderson film. Murray and Schwartzman are a great pair.

Varun Verma over 1 year ago

mkmkmkmkmkmkmkm

Brandon Keck over 1 year ago

Quirky yet forgettaable. If this is Anderson's worst, he should be more than proud.

Stephen J. Daley over 2 years ago

Funny, Unique & Fresh!

Guy Meltzer over 3 years ago

the one that got me hooked on wes anderson. shwartzman & murray's chemistry is terrific.

John Coria almost 4 years ago

Brilliant casting matched with wry dialog. A gem as usual from the director. Watch again!

Omkar Abnave over 4 years ago

Bill Murray is awesome as always. Jason Schwartz is a gem! Anderson's one of the finest.

Nick Fenton over 4 years ago

Definitely didn't overuse the horizontal pan between scenes back in the day

mekki muyeeb over 4 years ago

one of my favorite movies ever. Shwartzman and murray made a great team

Griffin Maurer almost 5 years ago

A Wes Anderson classic packed with originality. Not too quirky but still enjoyable.

dodi mustafa 5 years ago

Teenage movies are mostly sucks but this is Wes Anderson's, different and unpredictable.

michael 5 years ago

This is my favorite film!

Nat Voisey 5 years ago

I only watched this film because it was a Wes Anderson film. In all the film was ok.

n. timothy salazar 5 years ago

I like your nurse's uniform, guy.

Belen Marenales over 5 years ago

It's not boring but it's not awesome either.

Chaplin Early over 5 years ago

Sic Transit Gloria

Nate McBean over 5 years ago

Strange like any wes anderson movie. I like it; don't love it. (DVD 7/25/2012)

Zach Sly over 5 years ago

Anderson's best, with Schwartzman leading the charge.

Robyn Hamilton over 5 years ago

Great script and acting. Probably the only Wes Anderson film I properly enjoyed.

Seán Kenny over 5 years ago

Hasn't aged well, but only because Anderson has surpassed it several times.

Rushmore is a 1998 comedy-drama film directed by Wes Anderson about an eccentric teenager named Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman), his friendship with rich industrialist Herman Blume (Bill Murray), and their mutual love for elementary school teacher Rosemary Cross (Olivia Williams). The film was co-written by Anderson and Owen Wilson. The soundtrack was scored by regular Anderson collaborator Mark Mothersbaugh and features several songs by bands associated with the British Invasion of the 1960s. The movie helped launch the careers of Anderson and Schwartzman, while establishing a "second career" for Murray as a respected actor of independent cinema. Rushmore also won Best Director and Best Supporting Male awards at the 1999 Independent Spirit Awards while Murray earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture. Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman), a precocious and eccentric 15 year-old, is both Rushmore's most extracurricular and...