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Son of Rambow

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United Kingdom, France, Germany · 2007
Rated PG-13 · 1h 36m
Director Garth Jennings
Starring Bill Milner, Will Poulter, Jessica Hynes, Jules Sitruk
Genre Comedy

Will Proudfoot is looking for an escape from his family's stifling home life when he encounters Lee, the school bully. Armed with a camera and a copy of "Rambo: First Blood," Lee plans to make cinematic history by filming his own action-packed video. Together, these newfound friends-turned-budding-filmmakers embark on a cinematic adventure of their own.

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USA Today by 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."

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ReelViews by James Berardinelli

The resulting tale of friendship and family touches plenty of crowd-pleasing buttons but comes across as more than a little derivative.

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The New York Times by 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."

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Variety by Robert Koehler

A sweetly raucous adventure. Widely quoted comparisons to "Billy Elliot" and Tim Burton overstate the case for what is really a modestly eccentric entertainment.

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The A.V. Club by Scott Tobias

The shooting of the movie-within-a-movie offers the brightest moments in Son Of Rambow, a testament to the innocence of the boys' creative impulse and the sheer unlikely pleasure of their friendship.

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