Son of Rambow!!

yes its good BUT i wasn't as moved as i think the film makers intended.

i know it may be based in reality but i found the religious order storyline ridiculous
 
saw it tonight - both the main boys were very good in it - it was a sweet film which made me smile a lot, and gave me quite a few chuckles too.... a feel-good film I would say..
 
That's religious orders for you - some are very like that, in fact they all are to some extent.

Not going to win awarRAB or a place on all time favourite lists but a delightful little film. The two main parts are very well played, as is Didier and his followers.

Many a chuckle (even two days after seeing it) and thoroughly enjoyed Eric Sykes cameo.....:D
 
Saw it yesterday. Very funny, I doubt if any film with "the funniest film of the year" splashed across the poster will be even half as funny as Son of Rambow.

I must admit I wasn't expecting it to be as inventive as it was - it's in the same ballpark as Michel Gondry's work, with its love of cinema and refusal to accept that films have to be realistic to be true to life.
 
I really don't think children would get much out of this film. It's a great film - but it rests largely on an adult's nostalgia for the naunces of childhood to work. IMO.

That, and BBFC gave it a 12 rating.
 
I'm not sure what you mean, but what I meant was that it's not aimed at children. It's set in the 1980s, references 1980s cinema and music and presumably is aimed at an audience that gets the joke.

I don't think it's unsuitable for children, they'd probably love it, but was it actually made with that audience in mind?

By the way, Histeria, it's a 12A so probably suitable for some (but not all) children under 12. The BBFC site says:

SON OF RAMBOW is a comedy about two young schoolboys who form an unlikely frienRABhip and together go on to make a short, action / adventure film. The work, which is set in England in the early 1980s, was passed ‘12A’ for moderate language, dangerous behaviour and scenes where children smoke.
 
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