Bottle Rocket
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- Synopsis
- A bright, optimistic caper comedy from first-time director Wes Anderson, Bottle Rocket focuses on a group of young Texans aspiring to become master thieves. Their leader is Dignan (Owen C....
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- Starring
- Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Robert Musgrave, Lumi Cavazos, James Caan
- Director(s)
- Wes Anderson
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 95 min.
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Critic Reviews
Entertainment Weekly | Steve DalyAdd Critic to Favorites
The title refers to cheap fireworks that fizz before they flame out quietly, and that's what three Southwestern slackers do in this amiable heist movie-cum-road flick.Read the full review
Variety | David RooneyAdd Critic to Favorites
Full of surprising warmth and charm, unexpected plot turns and droll characters that bounce off each other in refreshing ways.Read the full review
USA Today | Mike ClarkAdd Critic to Favorites
Rocket flies with comic-kaze crooks. [21 February 1996, p. D6]Read the full review
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Shelf Life: Bottle Rocket
11/11/09 Wes Anderson 's movies have entertained and enchanted audiences for more than a decade now, offering a singular and yet strangely universal point of view time and again about oddballs and outsiders who simply want their creativity to connect with others. | Cinematical.com -
'Fantastic Mr. Fox' Director Wes Anderson Talks About How His Fantastic Cast Came Together
11/10/09 Wes Anderson is comfortable with his crew of Hollywood buddies, a bunch he started cobbling together along with college roommate Owen Wilson for his debut feature, "Bottle Rocket." | MTV Movies Blog -
Wes Anderson Talks Fantastic Mr. Fox - RT Interview
10/21/09 Wes Anderson, arguably the godfather of the quirky American indie thanks to the likes of Bottle Rocket and Rushmore, takes his first steps into the world of stop-motion animation this week with the release of Fantastic Mr. Fox. | Rotten Tomatoes -
The Résumé Indie
08/10/09 Mostly, what Paul Andrew Williams' "London to Brighton" (2006) has in its threadbare arsenal, shy of budget and time and scale, is a small propane tank of hot nerve. | Independent Film Channel (IFC) -
Ten best heist movies
06/11/09 Their schemes hinge on clock-work cunning. | JAM! Showbiz -
Scores That Pop from Composers of Pop
04/07/09 Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead's lovable multi-instrumentalist, turned heads with his score for Paul Thomas Anderson's austere critical favorite, "There Will Be Blood." | Independent Film Channel (IFC)