Rushmore (1998)

Star Rating: 2
Length of Film: 93 minutes
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams, Seymour Cassel, Brian Cox, Mason Gamble, Sara Tanaka, Stephen McCole, Connie Nielsen, Luke Wilson, Dipak Pallana, Andrew Wilson, Marietta Marich, Ronnie McCawley, & Keith McCawley








This movie is so strange, but not in a good way. It's a movie about a 15 year old student, Max Fisher in a private school who focuses more on extra curricular activites than his actual school work. Max lies to everyone at the school saying he father is a neurosurgeon, even though he's just a barber. While at the library, he was looking at this book, where someone had written a quote in the book, he found out that it was written by a 1st grade teacher, Rosemary Cross. The two became friends and he innocently started having a crush on her.

After a speech, Max became enthralled with millionaire Herman J. Blume. Herman a married man, started hanging out with the two, and started having feelings for each other. Max, told Herman's wife, and he moved into a hotel room. Max stole a hotel uniform, and Rushmore's Bee Keepers and let it loose in his room. They do these childish back and forth pranks to win over this woman's heart, even though NEITHER of them should have or deserve her.

The synopsis of the book says, "this slow, turn-of-the screwball comedy is Murray's finest hour, allowing him at last to be profound, wounded, and funny, all at the same time". I disagree. He did not steal the show, and truthfully the character is worthless and not a role that I would want play, as an actor. I have no idea why this movie is in this book, and I'm actually quite disappointed. Don't see it...it's not worth an hour and a half.