Son of Rambow

As the summer sun shines down on England in the early 1980s, two boys who couldn't be more different are brought together by a mutual love of cinema and a desire to emulate their favorite action movie icon. Will Proudfoot (Bill Milner) is a well-mannered schoolboy being raised in an ultra-religious ...more

Son of Rambow has all the trappings of a classic film. In addition to an inventive, clever plot and a protagonist you can't help but root for, the movie just has good old-fashioned heart. It also happens to be hilarious at points, but that's merely the icing on the cake. This is the kind of flick that makes you excited about cinema again, and it's also something that beckons multiple viewings. The movie tells the tale of Will Proudfoot, a fantastic Bill Milner. Will is a lonely, quiet ...more

Falling somewhere between Neil Jordan's The Butcher Boy and Danny Boyle's Millions, but perhaps better than both, Son of Rambow is an exuberant portrait of two young boys whose overactive imaginations compensate for their impoverished family lives. But comparing Son of Rambow to any previous film tends to underplay the originality of Garth Jennings' achievement. It's a period piece, set during the 1982 theatrical run of First Blood, Sylvester Stallone's initial film appearance as John Rambo, and ...more