Son of Rambow

Name: Son of Rambow
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Family
Released: May 2, 2008
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 66
Cast: Bill Milner

2008

METASCORE

Generally favorable reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews

See All

USER SCORE

Generally favorable reviews based on 39 Ratings

See All

7.0

VOTE NOW

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

7.0	Your Score
7.0	User Score Generally favorable reviews based on 39 Ratings

Would you like to write a review?

There is a 75 character minimum for reviews. If your review contains spoilers, please check the Spoiler box. Please do not use ALL CAPS. There is no linking or other HTML allowed. Your review may be edited for content. 0/5000

Check box if your review contains spoilers

Play Sound

Please enter your birth date to watch this video:

You are not allowed to view this material at this time.

Son Of Rambow

Now Playing: Son Of Rambow

Movie Details & Credits

Paramount Vantage | Release Date: May 2, 2008 | PG-13

Starring: Bill Milner

Summary: Son of Rambow is a hilariously fresh and visually inventive take on friendship, family, film heroes, and the death-defying adventures of growing up in the video age. The story takes place in 1980s Britain, where young Will Proudfoot is raised in isolation among The Brethren, a puritanical religious sect in which music and TV are strictlySon of Rambow is a hilariously fresh and visually inventive take on friendship, family, film heroes, and the death-defying adventures of growing up in the video age. The story takes place in 1980s Britain, where young Will Proudfoot 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, 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 nonstop thrills while hiding out from The Brethren. When school popularity finally descends on Will and Lee in the form of, oui, the supercool French exchange student, Didier Revol, their remarkable new friendship and precious film are pushed, quite literally, to the breaking point. (Paramount Classics/Vantage)… Expand

Director: Garth Jennings

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Family

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 96 min

See All Details and Credits

Watch Now

Buy On

Metascore

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

Critic Reviews

Sean Axmaker

Perhaps the most ingeniously imaginative element in Son of Rambow, a film exploding with imagination (some of it scrawled directly over the film in animated expressions of Will's private world), is its very conceit. Read full review

Shawn Levy

Watching skinny-armed little Will pretend to be the spawn of Sly Stallone in a series of botched feats of derring-do is a treat, as is much of this film. Read full review

Maitland McDonagh

A quirky charmer. Read full review

Desson Thomson

A crowd-pleasing combination of buoyant spirit and occasionally dark humor. Read full review

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

Lawrence Toppman

An endearing, well-acted trifle with lovely intentions. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

If it happens to hit you right - that is, if you happen to catch its wavelength of tear-and-a-smile whimsicality - the movie will speak to you. Read full review

SEE ALL 29 REVIEWS

Write a Review

User Reviews

DanH.

May 28, 2008

Very funny. I was very surprised. It's one of the year's best.