Rushmore

The script is stuffed with fantastic, acerbic one-liners which hang teasingly around the brain for days...

...Rushmore is a genre-defying marvel, switching between outrageous humour and genuine pathos at a moment's notice.

Anderson and Wilson are good offbeat filmmakers. They fill the corners of their story with nice touches, like the details of Max's wildly overambitious stage production of Serpico.''

...is accurate enough on the teen-angst front to make you wince, yet whimsical enough to make you want Max to win.

A rare comedy that keeps you thinking long after its plot machinations have played themselves out...