SYNOPSIS: A runaway audience smash at the Sundance Film Festival, 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. It all begins in 1980s when young Will Proudfoot, encounters something beyond his wildest fantasies: a pirated copy of RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD. His virgin viewing of the iconic thriller blows his mind - and rapidly expanding imagination - 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 non-stop thrills. But when school popularity finally descends on Will and Lee in the form of, oui, the super-cool French exchange student, Didier Revol, their remarkable new friendship and precious film are pushed, quite literally, to the breaking point.

EDITORIAL REVIEW:  Son of Rambow, set in 1980's England, tells the story of two young schoolboys making their home-video version of Rambo. This gives rise to one of the most hilarious comedies in recent cinema, memorable not only for many laugh-out-loud moments but also for its engaging and moving story.

Will Proudfoot (Bill Milner) and Lee Carter (Will Poulter) are total opposites, thrown together by chance after being summoned to detention at school. Will, from a fatherless family in the grip of the devout religious Brethren, is a polite boy harboring an artistic imagination; Carter, from a parentless household, is a lonely rebel with a total lack of respect for everyone except his self-absorbed brother, played by Ed Westwick. yet, following their chance encounter, the situation where naïve Will is exploited by sharp-witted and cynical Carter is replaced by mounting empathy and friendship between the two, alternately spurred and severed by their family backgrounds and their turbulent film-making.

The two leads are remarkable debut actors, making the story touching and believable and Poulter is hilarious in the role of Carter, delivering stinging wit and outraged putdowns with ease. The shooting of the film provides some hysterical contrasts between grown-up pretensions and childlike absurdity, with gun-battle sequences ripped straight from 'Rambo: First Blood' interspersed with footage of a flying dog attack.

The overlapping secondary story, portraying the school-playground infatuation with the New Wave style of French exchange student Didier, is also a rich seam of humor; the stinging parody of teenage culture culminates in Will and Carter's visit to the school common room, populated by posing, pogoing teens.

So in all a true coming of age movie i would recommend to anyone. - moviemadpat

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STARRING: Bill Milner, Will Poulter, Neil Dudgeon, Jessica Stevenson.
AVAILABILITY: In stock! Ships within one business day.
LENGTH: 96 minutes.
LANGUAGE: English, with OPTIONAL FRENCH, SPANISH SUBTITLES.
SPECIAL FEATURES: 1.85:1 (16:9 Widescreen); 5.1 stereo; 1 disc; Audio commentary by director and cast; The Making of Son of Rambow; Uncut.
VIEWER DISCRETION: Coarse language, slapstick violence.
PICTURE QUALITY: Excellent picture quality. (what's this mean?)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France / UK / Germany (2007).
ALSO KNOWN AS: Sohn von Rambow, Der (Germany).
DATE ADDED TO OUR LIBRARY:  August 1, 2008 (pre-order) / August 26, 2008 (official release day).
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