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Bottle Rocket [1995]
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Because this movie is so relentlessly deadpan, you really have to be dialled in to its brand of humour--but you're once there, Bottle Rocket shoots off plenty of sparks. Above all, Owen Wilson's portrayal of Dignan is a terrifically original comic creation; Dignan is so sincerely focused on his goals that he can't see how completely absurd his ideas are. Owen Wilson, who has since made something of a trademark out of similarly knuckle-headed performances in everything from Armageddon to Starsky & Hutch, wrote the screenplay with director Wes Anderson. --Robert Horton
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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
Bottle Rocket is a quietly daffy comedy that should have been an indie hit, but ended up being ignored by audiences. Too bad; it's a wonderfully sustained caper movie about friends whose career choice is all wrong. Low-key Anthony (Luke Wilson) and high-strung Dignan (Owen C Wilson--the two actors are brothers) are brought into a life of crime by Dignan's ambition to be a small-time thief. After a few amusingly laid-back trial burglaries, they (and a third buddy) find themselves over their heads when they hook up with an experienced crime boss (James Caan).
Cements Owen Wilsons and Wes Andersons place in cinematic history
Review date: 2008-04-07 Rating: 10 out of 10
I saw this film for the first time about a month ago and since then have been watching clips on youtube and now plan to buy it. I've always been a big fan of Owen Wilson, but I think this is his best role! The whole story is so well put together and both the Wilson brothers play a part in maing it hilariously funny and really quite sad.
I can see (almost) how the film might not appeal to anybody but I can honestly say THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST FILMS I've seen for ages and probably one of the best ones I've ever seen! Hopefully Anderson and Wilson will continue to collaborate and keep producing such great, heartwarming movies.....
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Reviews
Poor
Review date: 2007-07-03 Rating: 2 out of 10
I agree with a previous comment as I enjoy the rest of Wes Anderson's films but this is bland and the characters are not engaging. I hope this film doesn't put people off watching others like The Life Aquatic and The Royal Tenenbaums as they are classic.
Wes Anderson's first and worst film
Review date: 2007-05-08 Rating: 6 out of 10
I love most of Wes Anderson's films, but this one, his first, is not up to the standard of his later ones! His characteristic style of humor which made films like the Royal Tenenbaums and the Life Aquatic so great is lacking and without it this film is just a little dull.
Yeah.
Review date: 2006-06-21 Rating: 6 out of 10
A pleasant but insubstantial movie that rides on the charisma of it's lead characters. Nice, but nothing very memorable. A few funny lines, a cameo role for James Cann (who gets described as the actor in Mickey Blue Eyes on the back blurb, did they deliberately pick his worst movie?)
No extras and a bad misleading cover making this look like a heist movie with lots of gun action. Thankfully it's no heist movie, the criminal activity being of the most pathetic kind. it's two guys lead into a farcical burglary by a fantasist who has probably watched too many movies. Oh, and a love interest in an immigrant maid at their 'hideout' motel. The movie looks like it was thought up as it went along, a coherent movie then salvaged in the editing. The movie never builds up any tension or belly laughs, rather a slow friendly little movie for a quiet Sunday. For a more substantial movie by Wes Anderson try Rushmore with it's hideous beret wearing fantasist and the movie stealing performance from Murray (does he do any other type of performance?)
A mediocre first film from Anderson.
Review date: 2006-04-16 Rating: 6 out of 10
This interesting first film from Wes Anderson follows the attempts of a rather hapless pair of friends (played by brothers Owen and Luke Wilson) to live a life of crime. It's quite engaging, mainly due to the performances of the Wilson brothers, but isn't really in the same league as the rest of Anderson's work. Definitely worth watching if you're a Wes Anderson fan, but perhaps not otherwise...
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Luke Wilson
Owen C. Wilson
James Caan
Robert Musgrave
Creators:
Luke Wilson (Primary Contributor)
Owen C. Wilson (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
EAN: 5035822412736
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen,
Release date: 2004-04-05
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 88 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1995
Language: Arabic (Subtitled)
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: French (Subtitled)
Language: German (Subtitled)
Language: Hindi (Subtitled)
Language: Turkish (Subtitled)
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: French (Dubbed)
Language: German (Dubbed)