Rushmore (1998)

Second viewing.

The one about the boy who excelled at numerous extracurricular activities but was dangerously deficient at the mandatory ones, in the private high school he went to, with a scholarship, since he was the son of a barber and couldn't afford it otherwise. His love life was not going anywhere either, a fact he would try to change by targeting a new English teacher, a young widow.

One of the most brilliant movies of the 90s, it established (along with the equally amazing Bottle Rocket) its director and co-writer among the principal filmmakers in activity in the world, even though his subsequent efforts were (perhaps) not on the same level. A film of endless enjoyment, infinitely sophisticated, wonderfully cerebral and at the same time vigorously assertive emotionally. An event.

Rating: 88 (up from 86)