Highly Overrated But Still Good

Don't listen to the negative reviews

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

I like dry humor, but this thing is as dry as a mouthful of saltines. Not that it's completely unfunny by any means; Max Fischer is such a unique and shockingly un-self-aware jerk, yet his inconsequential incompetence makes him undeniably fascinating. It's a fine little indie, but it's not the comedy classic it's made out to be, or anywhere near Anderson's best (Fantastic Mr. Fox, Royal Tenenbaums).

This wonderfully different comic/drama was way ahead of its time when it was made, and continues to be unparalleled when it comes to originality or effort. Every scene is exquisite. Not to be missed.

You either appreciate Wes Anderson or you don't. He is a filmmaker I always feel I *should* like, but having suffered through Moonrise Kingdom, Life Aquatic, and The Royal Tenebaums, I had come to the conclusion that he is just not my taste. Then, like a lot of other people, I greatly enjoyed Grand Budapest Hotel. So having heard Rushmore was his masterpiece, I sought this film out. It is not as good as GBH, but also not as twee or tedious as the other films I mention here. It all seems very forced and wooden, which is probably the point, or an aspect of a point I am missing. I smiled, I admired the witticisms and general sense of life as ephemeral it conjures, but most of the time I wanted to be elsewhere. If you are a Wes Anderson virgin, Rushmore seems a good place to start. Love this and you have hours of viewing pleasure ahead of you. But if, like me, you find it all a bit pointless and self-indulgent, you'll know to avoid the rest of his filmography.

I was instantly captivated by Rushmore. It marked a direction of some sorts for Bill Murray and I just loved Rushmore. I know some people ask why people like it, but I loved it!I discovered the song "Ooh la la" by the faces which was performed at the finale. I love the line "I wish that I knew what I know now...when I was younger". It's a great like to ask people to reflect upon their life.Jason Schwartzman was incredibly mature in his role, and Sara Tanaka was charming as Margaret Yang. I laughed big time at the school performance directed by Max (Schwartzman) and the send-up of Vietnam war movies. Rushmore is a movie for the ages.