Bottle Rocket

a movie hard to understand but exelant the plot of the movie was nice the actors were great for there first movie... Full review

This is a fantastic beginning to what has become a great career for Wes Anderson. The Wilson brothers are both fantastic (as is James Caan)and the story by Anderson and Owen Wilson is quirky, funny, and heartfelt. See it now!... Full review

i dont know how the hell it got an A for a rating. nothing happens in it... its boring as hell! It's not funny and theres no action or excitment. i dont have the slightest idea why its rated R. absolutely... Full review

Ever! If you haven't seen this film you are a fool. Go out and buy it immediately. I can't say anything bad about it, it's that damn good.... Full review

I can't figure out why some think this movie is great!?!? My wife and I couldn't get thru it. 20 Minutes and we were done! I thought I was watching a "Dumb & Dumber" predecessor...until I didn't laugh at these idiots.... Full review

Probably if you are a big Adam Sandler or Chris Farley fan, you shouldn't watch this movie and expect to laugh. I am baffled at the reviewers who give Bottle Rocket F ratings. I don't think they know what they are... Full review

Why is this movie considered funny? I usually like all kinds of humor but this movie I don't get at all. It's not funny. Nothing happens. It's just a bland story about....oh I forgot already cause it is so dull and... Full review

If your a fan of Intellectual comedy, you will be a fan of this underdog movie. A love or hate movie about 2 bored guys from the burbs who have an interest in theivery. First they practice on their own homes,... Full review

over all a pretty dissent movie and you could see signs of wes's true tallent in the film maybe more receptive than some of his other films... Full review

Of course if you are a fan of Wes Anderson's films, you are likely to seek out Bottle Rocket. I just did, save this ninety minutes for something else. Or if you plan on watching this twice watch Amadeus instead. Pretty... Full review

Another favorite comedy....the finest weird films....As Rope of Silicon has noticed before , Bottle Rocket is a classic.....good movies....The brilliant nature of Bottle Rocket.... ... Full Review

The picture is damn near perfect....The picture, as I have said is brilliant.....Overall, I personally believe this is a must own for anyone that loves this film.....The making-of documentary is a nice addition, especially.... ... Full Review

Apparently the film was a source of inspiration for the Bottle Rocket short and Braverman directed the making-of doc on the disc, but beyond that knowledge I wasn't too interested. Back in June I watched Bottle Rocket for the first time knowing it was a film many loved, but considering I am not much of a Wes Anderson fan I expected very little ... Full Review

While nowhere near the same level as Anderson's subsequent films, Bottle Rocket nonetheless provides a sweet, funny look at a young director finding his voice. But no matter how tempting it may be to dismiss Anderson's debut, to do so is to ignore the film's pleasures (minor, yes, but pleasures all the same) and to overlook how the film marks the foundations of the auteurial voice that would arrive fully formed just two years later. ... Full Review

This is a charming little piece that supposedly inspired Anderson and the Wilsons during the making of the original Bottle Rocket short. The studio is backing lossless audio from the start, which supports the film well. ... Full Review

"Bottle Rocket" (1996) begins with a young man being released from a mental hospital and ends with another entering prison.These are harsh notes for Wes Anderson , whose first feature-length film this was. ... Full Article

The big DVD news of the day was supposed to be the long-anticipated arrival of The Criterion Collection's first Blu-Ray discs, including the Criterion debuts of Wong Kar-wai's dreamy cop melodrama Chungking Express and Wes Anderson's sweet, funny debut film... ... Full Article

If you didn't get advance tickets to this year's Wisconsin Film Festival or haven't even looked at the schedule yet, don't worry.There's plenty of fest left. ... Full Article

"Being independent is more about the state of your soul than your budget. I don't really care how a movie is financed or who produces it. ... Full Article

This movie is named Bottle Rocket not because it's about firecrackers or demolition experts or anything like that; the title is more evocative than descriptive. ... Full Article

With their baby-smooth complexions and rubbish hairstyles, Wilson brothers Luke and Owen look alarmingly young in 'Bottle Rocket'. And well they should, for before universal fame and fortune for the pair of them came this, their debut feature outing along... ... Full Article