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Son of Rambow is one of my favorites of the year so far. It's one of those quiet, affecting films where the kids seem so real and the story so unforced that you find yourself melding with their world. A boy from a sect so strict about media exposure that he has to wait in the hallway when his teacher puts in an educational video collides with a boy who is such a troublemaker he is always getting thrown out of the classroom into that same hallway. Somehow the bad kid -- well, bad in a Tom Sawyer-ish kind of way -- convinces the other one to help him make a movie for a contest. They come up with a First Blood sequel in which Rambo's son seeks his father (both boys have father issues, naturally). The charm lies in how they put the pieces together and what they find out about each other -- and themselves -- on their journey. |
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