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 Rated: PG-13
The story takes place in 1980s Britain, where
young Will Proudfoot (Milner) is raised in isolation among The Brethren, a
puritanical religious sect in which music and TV are strictly forbidden.
When Will encounters his first movie, a pirated copy of Rambo: First Blood
his imagination is blown wide open.
Now, Will sets out to join forces
with the seemingly diabolical school bully, Lee Carter (Poulter), to make their
own action epic, devising wildly creative, on-the-fly stunts, not to mention
equally elaborate schemes for creating a movie of total commitment and non-stop
thrills while hiding out from The Brethren.
When school popularity finally
descends on Will and Lee in the form of, oui, the super-cool French exchange
student, Didier Revol (Sitruk), their remarkable new friendship and precious
film are pushed, quite literally, to the breaking point. -Paramount
Directing a film like this
takes a wild eye and a lot of patience, and Jennings does a pretty good job. The
only downside to the film comes with the script.
Son of Rambow gets repetitive with the
boys shooting too many scenes that are sometimes extremely silly and
unnecessary.
After awhile I found myself
wanting the film to hurry along.
The movie reminded me of the British
film Millions, which dealt with some of the same values, but from a
different prospective.
In both films it
is friendship and trust that bring young boys together. In Rambow, two opposites
accidentally come together by fate with an opportunity to prove themselves,
where in Millions the emphasis is on money that controls the fate of two young
brothers who have to trust each other to survive.
Both had the same youngster comedy and
compassion that appeal to families.
Starring: Bill Milner, Will Poulter, Jessica Stevensob, Ed Westwick, Neil Dudgeon,
and Jules Sitruk
FINAL ANALYSIS: A great family film that will take some
patience, but the rewards are plenty.
This Reviewer's Rating:    2.5 / 5
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