Rushmore (1998)

After watching Bottle Rocket, I had to watch Rushmore shortly after because it's another one of Wes Anderson's film. There is quite a leap in production quality from his last movie to this one, though stylistically they are very similar; they both make good use of colours and imagery.

Rushmore is about a student named Max Fischer who goes to a prestigious school called Rushmore. Although he is involved in many extracurricular activities and school clubs, his grades are far from desired. He meets a new teacher who is named Ms. Cross, and instantly falls in love with her. Rushmore is primarily a comedy, with elements of drama throughout. It had me laughing loudly at many points in the movie, specifically during scenes with Jason Schwartzman, who plays Max, and Bill Murray, who plays Herman Blume: an industrialist who admires Max, and vice versa.

I enjoyed this movie more than Anderson's previous film Bottle Rocket, though BR was very entertaining as well. The screenplay was magnificant for Rushmore; the characters mixed very well with each other, but the script alone was not the reason for this: the acting also contributed greatly to making this movie the masterpiece that it is. 9.2/10.