Rushmore

Rushmore is a 1998 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Wes Anderson about an eccentric teenager named Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman in his film debut), his friendship with rich industrialist Herman Blume (Bill Murray), and their love in common for elementary school teacher Rosemary Cross (Olivia Williams). The film was co-written by Anderson and Owen Wilson.

Plot
When a beautiful first-grade teacher (Olivia Williams) arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max (Jason Schwartzman), who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father (Bill Murray) of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the teacher. However, the situation soon gets complicated when Max's new friend becomes involved with her, setting the two pals against one another in a war for her attention.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) For Wes Anderson's second film, it continues the charm of making films.
 * 2) This isn't a good rude clichéd teenage comedy film like most others as it has a lot of heart to it and while it had a few rude comments here and there, it is overall a lot better then what teenagers are used to seeing in film.
 * 3) The profanity is all hard to hear due to how fast the characters talk, being one of Wes Anderson trademarks of course.
 * 4) The soundtrack features several songs by bands associated with the British Invasion of the 1960s.
 * 5) The main cast members of Jason Schwartzman, Olivia Williams, Bill Murray, Brian Cox, Seymour Cassel, and Mason Gamble give very great performances.
 * 6) * For Schwartzman, he did an amazing job playing Max Fischer, an eccentric 15-year-old. It even launched his career.
 * 7) * For Murray, he did a really great job for playing Herman Blume, a disillusioned parent and businessman who despises his family. Due to this, he collaborated with Anderson on subsequent films and resurrected his career becoming an actor in independent cinema.
 * 8) Like with other Anderson films, the cinematography by Robert Yeoman is amazing, giving the right color scheme.
 * 9) There are no stereotypical characters, just well-developed and amazing ones.
 * 10) It was shot entirely in the film's setting of Houston.
 * 11) The following cast members such as Luke Wilson (Peter Flynn), Andrew Wilson (Coach Beck), Marietta Marich (Mrs. Guggenheim), Alexis Bledel (Student), and Owen Wilson (Edward Appleby, albeit through a photograph and is uncredited) are Texas natives with Bledel hailing from Houston and Marich being based there. Also, Olivia Williams is English like her character (Rosemary Cross) and Stephen McCole is Scottish like his character (Magnus Buchan).

Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 89% based on 104 reviews, with an average rating of 8.20/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "This cult favorite is a quirky coming of age story, with fine, off-kilter performances from Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray.". On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 86 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B on scale of A to F.