One of my new favorite movies is Rushmore directed by Wes Anderson. Wes always creates a sort of semi-real world as the setting for his stories and makes the audience relate to the characters they are seeing transform on screen. Rushmore revolves around Max Fischer, a student at a private school called Rushmore. Max spends his time creating clubs and writing plays. Although his grades don't show it, he is rather smart for is age and is very content with his life. As the story develops, Max unexpectedly meets a first grade teacher at Rushmore, Ms. Rosemary Cross, and helplessly falls head over heels for her. She is an obsession to him, and each day he finds new ways to try to make her feel the same way about him, (for example, because her favorite language is Latin, he enforces Latin a requirement for students to take before they can graduate). Max's friend however, Herman Blume, (a washed up old man going through a ruff patch with his wife, and who doesn't recognize the kids he has raised), also falls for the same women. Rosemary falls for Blume as well, and the two friends take up arms, and the fight is on. Ultimately, Rosemary chooses neither of them. This main story is filled with multiple side stories that help you get to know the characters better. Along with a great story, the film is accompanied with an excellent choice of music, (like all of Wes's films are), which also adds to the story. The cast includes, Bill Murray as Herman Blume, Jason Schwartzman as Max Fischer, Olivia Williams as Rosemary cross, Luke Wilson as Dr. Peter Flynn, and many more. So bottom line, check out Rushmore. Its pretty sweet.
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