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Has anyone else here seen Son of Rambow? I saw it about a week ago, and I enjoyed it a lot. It's in fairly limited release, and I have a feeling that it's being crowded out of the multiplexes by the big summer blockbusters, but I really think that it's a gem worth seeking out. The year is still young, but I would already rank it as one of my favorite 2008 movies, possibly my favorite movie of the year so far. It has some very funny parts, and I think that it's a very entertaining film about filmmaking.

Any movie with this Depeche Mode song on the soundtrack is ok by me:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hLA3WA9QOh0

I've heard of this movie but don't know anything about it. What is it about?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Rambow#Plot

Set in "a long, hot summer in the early '80s", the film is a coming-of-age comedy. It tells the story of two schoolboys who are inspired by the film First Blood to make their own action adventure film, which they hope will win them a young film-maker competition. Neglected youngster Lee Carter (Will Poulter) — the worst-behaved boy in school — has access to the home video equipment used by his bullying elder brother's video pirating enterprise.

Will (Bill Milner) couldn't be more different; quiet and shy he comes from a family that belongs to the strict Plymouth Brethren religious sect. Will is forbidden to watch films or television and is made to leave his classroom when the teacher puts on a documentary film. In the corridor he meets Lee, thrown out of another class for bad behavior. At first, Lee sees Will as an easily manipulated lackey but after Will sees a pirated copy of First Blood and throws himself into the film making experience, the two realize how much they each need a best friend.

Their movie takes on a chaotic life of its own, as they fight to keep control of it, and also to keep it secret from Will's family. Ultimately it changes the lives of both boys, and their relationships with their friends and families.

Sounds interesting. Thanks.

It's another one of our weird, quirky films, and yes I do recommend you check it out, especially if you're a child of the 80s

I actually just saw this and loved it, it was awesome. I knew it was going to be great when I saw the posters splashed across Los Angeles with the kid and his goggles and bow & arrow, and boy did it pay off.