In many ways, Son of Rambow plays like a pint-size, even cheekier version of the recent Michel Gondry film "Be Kind Rewind." Both are stories about people making movies not because it's their job but because doing so brings a vast sense of play into their lives.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
A gentle story that involves a great deal of violence, but mostly the violence is muted and dreamy, like a confrontation with a fearsome scarecrow that looks horrifying but is obviously not real --- or real enough, but not alive.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Puig
Don't be put off by the title. This is no sequel, but a surprisingly charming British comedy that is only tangentially associated with "Rambo."Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Carrie Rickey
As is the case with many English comedies, some of the film's slang is hard to understand. But Jennings' sprightly films proves that although England and America are countries divided by the same language, they are united by slapstick comedy.Read Full Review »
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Slate: Dana Stevens
Son of Rambow bristles with the anarchic energy of late childhood and a genuine respect for the life-changing power of movies--even (or especially) the schlocky ones.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
A crowd-pleasing combination of buoyant spirit and occasionally dark humor.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Jim Ridley
At its most likable, Son of Rambow evokes the rush of discovery that turns budding cinephiles into lifers--that delight in finding a film that seems to express or coalesce some inchoate yearning, including a yen to share.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Manohla Dargis
A likable, lightly sticky valentine to childhood, the 1980s and the dawning of movie love, Son of Rambow was written and directed by Garth Jennings and produced by Nick Goldsmith, the duo behind the underappreciated fantasy "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
The resulting tale of friendship and family touches plenty of crowd-pleasing buttons but comes across as more than a little derivative.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
The team who made "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" display plenty of whirligig energy, if not much control or lightness of touch.Read Full Review »
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