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- SON OF RAMBOW is the name of the home movie made by two little boys with a big video camera and even bigger ambitions. Set on a long English summer in the early '80s, SON OF RAMBOW is a comedy about friendship, faith and the tough business of growing up. We see the story through the eyes of Will, the eldest son of a fatherless Plymouth Brethren family. The Brethren regard themselves as God's 'chosen ones' and their strict moral code means that Will has never been allowed to mix with the other 'worldlies,' listen to music or watch TV, until he finds himself caught up in the extraordinary world of Lee Carter, the school terror and maker of bizarre home movies. Carter exposes Will to a pirate copy of Rambo: First Blood and from that moment Will's mind is blown wide open and he's easily convinced to be the stuntman in Lee Carters' diabolical home movie. Will's imaginative little brain is not only given chance to flourish in the world of film making, but is also very handy when it comes to dreaming up elaborate schemes to keep his partnership with Lee Carter a secret from the Brethren community. Will and Carter's complete disregard for consequences and innocent ambition means that the process of making their film is a glorious roller-coaster that eventually leads to true friendship. They start to make a name for themselves at school as movie makers but when popularity descends on them in the form of the Pied Piper-esque French exchange student, Didier Revol, their unique friendship and their precious film are pushed, quite literally, to breaking point.
- During a long English summer in the early 1980s, two schoolboys from differing backgrounds set out to make a film inspired by <a href=">First Blood (1982).
- Some movies were born with greatness. They are such a classic that will make you stunned just by watching them. But sometime all you can do is to admire, because your heart is simply somewhere else. Son of Rambow wasn't born with greatness, nor it aim for something like that. It's just personal film that happened to be close to our heart. The most important of all, it also has got an ability to rejuvenate your fondness of cinema.<br/><br/>Nostalgia factor is everything in this film stand for. But it's not screaming to your ears that they are one (**For Thai people: Any Thai movies that start their sentence with "Do you remember when " should be ashamed of themselves for exploiting the genre**). What made it fascinating is they won't tell you anything, and let you experience along with their protagonists first handed. I think the subtlety won't work if the film didn't actually have anything to talk about, but this film uses it effectively. The way they transition through scenes where characters act outside frame more than inside. And when we catch up with them, it's such a privilege just to be there and knowing.<br/><br/>But let me tell you something, there's something much more important than me reminiscing back to that era. It's also touching and coming-of-age story about friendship. I heard that it's almost an autobiography of directors (more about them later), and I think their world was such a nice place to be (just perfect in quirky kind of way). The atmosphere is so rich that you couldn't possibly leave any details that they shot behind. Like that exchange French kid, I think he's the most memorable supporting character all around (not to mention hilarious as hell).<br/><br/>The kids who played Will Prundfoot and Lee Carter are just perfect for the role, I especially like the latter. His first few scenes are extremely unpleasant, because he is a bully that you just don't want to be around. But the more I saw him, the more I understood him. And when it came to the end, he's the best character in this film. And I think we will have to agree that he's the most fulfilled character. Also, Will's mom played by Jessica Hynes (from ultra cool series Spaced which I totally recommend for everyone) is fine. She embodied her emotional constraints and grieves particularly well.<br/><br/>Garth Jennings and Nick Goldsmith (aka Hammer & Tongs) are veteran MV directors (Fatboy Slim's Right here, Right now, R.E.M.'s Imitation of Life, Beck's Lost Cause and etc.). I liked their attempt to bring Douglas Adam's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to life, but I found that everything in that film seemed rush and half-baked (and I don't think they will have an opportunity to do a sequel). But Son of Rambow is another story. As I said before, it's almost an autobiography of their childhood, and no one is going to tell their own story better than themselves. Just like Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous, it's just so easy to let your imagination run wild when you feel attached to the material.<br/><br/>The last part of this film is the best part of all (probably the best ending for quite sometimes). Well, let's just say they were right every step of the way to draw the conclusion. Oh boy, for a long time since I have got teary eyed. I'm just can't help but to stand up and cheer with joy when I saw Will finished his project, and do something like that to his best friend.<br/><br/>If Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind is a tribute film for movie lovers all over the world, then Son of Rambow is the love song for movie lovers all over the world. I admire the way Michel Gondry put together his imagination and his usual quirkiness to projectile his idea for the world of cinema. But I love the way Hammer & Tongs pour their body of work into the film. Son of Rambo is an adolescence film that will definitely win your heart, unexpectedly.
- Will is a creative but ultimately repressed and shy boy whose family are very religious, shunning television and other temptations of the modern world. It is during one of his regular exclusions from class (as they watch a video) that he meets bully Lee Carter, who has been put out of his class for other reasons. Lee gets both boys into trouble and, pretending to get Will off the hook, bullies the weaker boy into coming back to his house and help out with a home movie he is making for the BBC show Screen Test. The film is to be a version of First Blood, which Lee has pirated from the cinema. Seeing the film fires Lee's imagination and he takes no convincing to become Lee's stuntman and lead actor, with the two continuing their strange relationship during the making of it.<br/><br/>Although I understand why, I would almost prefer if I hadn't seen Son of Rambow on every bus that I drove past for the last few weeks and had come to it as a small British film that is "quite good" rather than having a lot of hype and praise lavished onto it. The reason for this is because the film is not brilliant but is actually rather good. It is hard to fault its creativity and the way it brings out the good feeling of children, in a simpler time, letting their imagination run while also trying to deal with the world that is bigger than them and in this regard Son of Rambow does really well. The concept is imaginative and many scenes are a delight as they mix real action with animation, reality with flights of fancy and so on and it is good enough that it is a shame that it doesn't really come together.<br/><br/>The problem comes with the story as this does feel rather disjointed and uneven and it takes away more than it gives. Again, in the sweep it works and I liked the theme of the outsiders, of Will's growth, of superficially strong or popular people being just as insecure than obviously so. However these things are moments and what the film fails to do is convincingly connect it across the running time. So what we tend to get given are fragmented moments of humour, pathos, creativity and so on but with very weak bridging and consistency in between. It is a shame because the moments are strong enough to make me enjoy the film and be frustrated at its unevenness. Fortunately it ends on a good note and left me with a warm feeling but it was still a rocky road to get there.<br/><br/>You will hear it praised to the rafters of course, mainly by viewers who are overjoyed that a British film is made that people want to see and isn't rubbish but, for all its weaknesses the one area the praise is very deserved is in the two main actors. With no tangible experience between them both Milner (Will) and Poulter (Lee) are natural and engaging. OK so Poulter has to be a bully for most of it but this is to his credit that he is able to be this way while also keeping the audience by wearing it like a front. Milner is effective as he does gradually come out of his shell during the film and be a difficult and flawed character himself at one point. Sitruk's Didier is not as good, mainly because he is a visual joke rather than a character and I thought him and his character were a weakness in regards delivering the character-driven story. For all his weaknesses, Jennings cannot be faulted on creativity and he nails childhood imagination throughout.<br/><br/>Son of Rambow produces plenty of wonderful moments as it works with its central concept and it will leave you with a warm feeling inside. Sadly though, it is not a great film and it is a shame that it could not harness its strengths in a more effective and pleasing way because for all its good bits, it just doesn't flow together in a way that is as satisfying or as engaging as it could.
- 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."
- Son of Rambow is based on a screenplay that was written by director Garth Jennings. It was inspired by Jennings' own experiences as a child in the 1980s, when video equipment first became available to the public. No. Son of Rambow isn't about Rambo; rather, it's about young boys who are inspired to make their own video after having seen <a href="/title/tt0083944/">First Blood (1982)</a> (1982). Apparently, the spelling had to be changed because of problems with copyright infringement. It is also a way of communicating to moviegoers that the film is not part of the Rambo series, which it would have seemed at first glance if spelled correctly. The "mistake" is acknowledged in a brief dialogue between the film's two protagonists at the end of the credits. In England education is compulsory until the age of 16, but many students stay on until they are 18. The school years when a student is 16 (or 17) and 17 (or 18) are respectively called the lower and upper sixth form (or year 12 and 13). Many schools have separate buildings for these years, and nearly all have common rooms for sixth-formers. The common room is an area where pupils can spend time when they don't have classes. Younger years will generally not have any free periods and so don't need such a facility; it therefore emphasizes the boys' new-found popularity as they normally wouldn't have been allowed in. Several people have noted that Son of Rambow reminds them of Stephen King's <a href="/title/tt0092005/">Stand by Me (1986)</a> (1986) in the way that it provides a nostalgic look at the camaraderie, the coming of age, the bittersweet vulnerability, and the fantastic humor of childhood. <a href="/title/tt0095765/">Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)</a> (1988) has similar themes. If you are looking for a similar British style then try <a href="/title/tt0366777/">Millions (2004)</a> (2004). The similar theme of children working on a project together but experiencing a schism is presented in <a href="/title/tt0114040/">Once in a Blue Moon (1995)</a> (1995). The first song is "Over and Done With" by The Proclaimers; the second song is "Rebel Rebel" by David Bowie. a5c7b9f00b
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