Son of Rambow

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Watched With: Amberly, Matt

This is an adorable little coming of age film. I guess Super 8 reminded me of this, kids trying to make a film in the 80's. I love how dangerous these kids play, like real kids would but they never show on film. It's also very funny. Their somewhat forbidden friendship is the heart of the film and the two kids are terrific.

They are also joined half way through by a french exchange student who is bizarre and hilarious. Also I must mention the lovely Jessica Hynes who manages to make what could have been an evil mother character and make her sympathetic and understandable.

A lot of that also has to do with the script and direction by the great music video team Hammers and Tongs, who did The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy movie. I believe they intended this to be their first film, a nice simple little character comedy but they got offer to make that and there's no way you turn down something like that. But thankfully they went straight back to it.

Oh and it's filled with 80's-tasticness.

Again it's one of those charming feel good movies I don't think anyone couldn't get some kind of enjoyment out of. Delightful.