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Bottle Rocket, 1996

Starring: Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson

Directed by: Wes Anderson

Written by: Wes Anderson

Language: English, Spanish

Country: USA

Runtime: 91 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:7.1

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The mood of Bottle Rocket is clever, witty, and humorous. The plot centers around unlikely criminals, a heist, and a situation where nothing goes right. It features irreverent humor. Bottle Rocket is a comedy, drama, and crime movie. Stylistically, it is talky. In approach, it is realistic. Bottle Rocket is set in Texas. It happens in the 1990s. It is based on a short film. Bottle Rocket is known for being an award winner. It is especially suggested for a boys' night. Note that it includes profanity.

Summary of Bottle Rocket

Three criminally aspiring friends bungle their way through a series of misadventures in this oddball comedy from Austin auteur Wes Anderson. Brothers Luke and Owen Wilson play best friends Anthony and Dignan, two good-hearted though confused misfits who, along with their friend Bob (Robert Musgrave), attempt to find purpose in their lives by starting criminal careers. Though they make rather unimpressive criminals, the three guys shine in their unwavering sense of honor, friendship, and loyalty. Bottle Rocket is an endearing, funny, and unique comic gem, featuring James Caan's adept turn as the local crime boss.

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Language:	English, Spanish
Country:	USA
Release date:	21 February 1996
Runtime:	91 min

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Luke Wilson

as Anthony Adams

Owen Wilson

as Dignan

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The New York Times

A mildly facetious tone limits Anderson's film to the lightweight, but the collective enthusiasm behind this debut effort still comes through. What's best about Bottle Rocket is not the laid-back pranks that inflate its story to feature length but... Full Review

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by: Elvis Mitchell

Entertainment Weekly

The title refers to cheap fireworks that fizz before they flame out quietly, and that's what three Southwestern slackers do in this amiable heist movie-cum-road flick. Full Review

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by: Steve Daly

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Not big or clever

This tries really hard to be a Coen brothers movie and fails entirely. This is because although the Coens make it look effortless their structure is always spot on. Bottle rocket has absolutely no structure whatsoever and is really badly edited... Read and rate it

16.December.2012
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by: mattbright
mattbright rated this movie1/10Awful

I so wanted to like this film, but I only made it through about 2/3 of the movie. The acting is not bad, but the story itself was slow, self-indulgent & mocking. Read and rate it

28.April.2010
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by: cadamy
cadamy rated this movie0/10

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