Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy
Release Date: 12/16/2008
Sound: DD2/DTS
Run Time: 91 Minutes
Flags: Questionable for Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Criterion
A bright, optimistic caper comedy from first-time director
Wes Anderson,
Bottle Rocket focuses on a group of young Texans aspiring to become master thieves. Their leader is Dignan (
Owen C. Wilson, who also co-wrote the screenplay), an upbeat if naive charmer who convinces his friends Anthony (
Wilson's brother
Luke Wilson) and Bob Mapplethorpe (
Robert Musgrave) to enter the crime business. After their first heist, a bizarrely-executed robbery of a local bookstore, the trio goes on the lam, taking up residence in a border hotel where Anthony falls in love with a maid played by
Lumi Cavazos. When the three buddies decide that they need to return to the real world, they hook up with a master con-man (
James Caan) who sends them on a daring -- if ill-concieved -- mission.
~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
